Thebest meteor shower of the yearis upon us right now . If you go alfresco to a dark enough space , far from the urban center visible light , you may spot oodles of frivol away stars during the annual Perseid meteor shower . We ’ve flush the web for the exposure , and we claim our own , too .
The Perseids are created when pieces of Comet Swift - Tuttle rack up Earth ’s air and cauterize up in the air , creating vivid strikes across the night sky . During the next few nights , you ’ll still have the chance to pick out XII of Perseid shooting star — sodon’t missthe shower ’s peak ! Check out io9 ’s helpful pathfinder tocatching the best show here .
Three Perseid meteors (and an airplane) streak across the sky above the ruins of a medieval castle in Nógrád, Hungary. I created this composite image from 30 second exposure shots.
pic : Attila Nagy / Gizmodo
A Perseid meteor over the community of Cold Creek in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Nevada.
Photo : Ethan Miller / Getty Images
A meteor behind a grain elevator in Baxter, Iowa.
picture : Charlie Riedel / AP
Stars and a meteor are seen behind the ruins of a house near Tuzla, Bosnia.
exposure : Amel Emric / AP
A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky in El Escorial, outside Madrid, in the early hours of Thursday, 7 January 2025.
photograph : Francisco Seco / AP
A meteor is seen over a farm near Tonganoxie, Kansas.
Photo : Orlin Wagner / AP
A meteor over the windmills of Tés, Hungary.
photograph : Péter Komka / MTI
A Perseid meteor and the Milky Way captured last night in Lajosmizse, Hungary.
Photo : Sándor Ujvári / MTI
Three Perseids and the Milky Way, Cura, Llucmajor, Mallorca, Spain.
pic : Andrés Nieto Porras
Perseid meteors as observed by NASA meteor and All Sky cameras.
Photos : NASA / Marshall Space Flight Center
More#Perseidshots from Twitter and Flickr:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/631624048729038848
This was monolithic and red!!#perseidsall my best shots have been with my south facing camera , btw.pic.twitter.com/LZpZlfH14u
— Neil Zeller ( @Neil_Zee)August 13 , 2015
A composite of the#PerseidsI caught with the camera before the cloud rolled in.@VirtualAstro#northumberlandpic.twitter.com / ATilMdNO16
— Andy Gray ( @andrewsgray)August 13 , 2015
Crucial equipment for watching tonight’s#Perseidmeteors : chair , blanket , and Zen patience.http://t.co/UvApHg2ccypic.twitter.com/eFfoYVxhyj
— Corey S. Powell ( @coreyspowell)August 13 , 2015
photograph : David Illig
picture : Kev Lewis
Photo : nothing - but - picture taking
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