The annual Perseid meteor shower happens as Earth moves through the remains left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The event reached its peak overnight, aligning with a new moon that created perfect conditions for sky watchers due to minimal moonlight interference. Witness the shooting stars in the images below.
Images capture Perseid meteors streaking across the sky at Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, during the early hours of Thursday. In Croatia, observers at Visnjan Observatory witnessed a meteor streaking across the night sky on Wednesday evening.
Another impressive sight was a meteor streaking across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica, near Kratovo, North Macedonia, early Thursday. People gathered at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala, near Belgrade, Serbia, to view the Perseid meteor shower.
A striking image shows a meteor streaking across the night sky above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. In Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the trails of two satellites were visible during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday.
Lastly, a Perseid meteor streaked across the night sky behind St. Mark’s Tower, a 17th-century coastal fortification near the village of Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, Malta. Enjoy these celestial wonders captured in the images above.
