Update:

Wow, y’all responded fast to sending in some more photos. Feel free to send in more! We love these snapshots so far!

Here’s some items from FB we got from Lisa Tapley, Georgia Lynn McBrayer, Nikki Keever, Regina Rose Gentry, and BrianandBrooke Timms:

Previously posted:

If anyone needs proof the world isn’t flat, then all one had to do last night was look skyward and enjoy a nighttime show.

The May 15 lunar eclipse that began late in the evening on Sunday and continued into the midnight hour on Monday provided a flower moon for May that turned red for many individuals, but out here on Prior Station disappeared behind overcast skies for most of the event.

However, a few of these above shots were grabbed before the moon was completely covered by overcast during the rest of the eclipse.

A lunar eclipse is when the shadow of the earth falls into the path of the sunlight on the moon at night, and specifically during a full moon, and when the earth is in just the right position to cause it.

It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it usually changes the moon from its normal gray-ish white to a sometimes unsettling blood red.

The next lunar eclipse is set for November 8, 2022, then again twice in 2025.

Want to share a lunar eclipse photo for the gallery above? Or have a snapshot and story for Hometown Photos? E-mail them to polktdoay@gmail.com.