The annual occurrence of the Perseid meteor shower is marked by Earth passing through debris left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The celestial event reached its peak overnight, aligning with a new moon that created optimal viewing conditions for stargazers due to minimal moonlight interference. Witness the dazzling display of shooting stars below.
In the early hours of Thursday, Perseid meteor streaks painted the skies above Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. Observers at the Visnjan Observatory in Croatia also enjoyed the spectacle as a meteor streaked across the sky on Wednesday evening.
Another breathtaking moment was captured in North Macedonia, where a meteor streaked across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica, near Kratovo, in the early hours of Thursday. In Serbia, people gathered at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala, near Belgrade, to marvel at the Perseid meteor shower.
A stunning scene unfolded above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, as a meteor streaked through the night sky. From Jacobsdorf, Germany, on Wednesday, observers witnessed a meteor with a green tail and the streaks of two satellites during the Perseid meteor shower.
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. These captivating moments captured the beauty and wonder of the Perseid meteor shower.