Every summer time, vibrant lights appear to shoot out of the constellation named for Greek hero Perseus. And whereas falling area rocks may not sound as epic as slaying a legendary monster, the colourful shimmering gentle of this annual meteor shower continues to be fairly a sight to behold. This yr, the present began in mid-July and can final till the starting of September, however simply this weekend marked the peak of the season. The waning crescent moon permits the meteors to really glow in opposition to a darkish night-to-early-morning sky, when skywatchers have famous seeing as much as 90 meteors shoot throughout the stars each hour.
If you missed this yr’s peak, fortunately the shower nonetheless appears to be like nice in pictures. Take a take a look at some of our favorites, and set a pre-dawn alarm if you wish to attempt to catch the Perseids earlier than they vanish in the fall.
An observer watches the Perseid meteor shower at Mount Hamilton in California, United States on August 13, 2023. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency by way of Getty ImagesA meteor streaks throughout the sky throughout the Perseid meteor shower on August 14, 2023 in Changsha, Hunan Province of China. Photo: VCG/VCG by way of Getty ImagesPerseid meteor shower is noticed over Red Church and Guzelyurt Monastery Valley in Guzelyurt district of Aksaray, Turkiye on August 12, 2023. Photo: Aytug Can Sencar/Anadolu Agency by way of Getty ImagesPeople watching the Perseid meteor shower over the pure reserve space of Wadi Al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, Egypt. Photo: Gehad Hamdy/image alliance by way of Getty ImagesA view of an deserted historic caravanserai and night time sky, close to the metropolis of Garmsar in Semnan province 77 miles) southeast Tehran, Iran, at the peak of annual Perseid meteor shower, August 13, 2023. Photo: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto by way of Getty ImagesA meteor streaks throughout the night time sky above Leeberg hill throughout the Perseid meteor shower on August 13, 2023 in Grossmugl, Austria. Photo: Heinz-Peter Bader/Getty ImagesA meteor streaks throughout the sky throughout the Perseid meteor shower on August 13, 2023 in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Photo: VCG/VCG by way of Getty ImagesThe Perseid meteor shower over the pure reserve space of Wadi Al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate, Egypt. Photo: Gehad Hamdy/image alliance by way of Getty ImagesPerseid meteor shower is noticed over Dnipro, Ukraine on August 13, 2023. Photo: Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency by way of Getty Images
