The annual Perseid meteor shower happens when Earth moves through the debris trail left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This celestial event reached its peak during the night, coinciding with a new moon that created perfect viewing conditions for stargazers as the absence of moonlight did not obstruct the visibility. Witness the shooting stars in the images below.
In one image, Perseid meteor streaks illuminate the night sky above Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, close to the town of Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, captured in the early hours of Thursday. Another image shows people observing a meteor streaking across the sky at Visnjan Observatory in Croatia on Wednesday evening.
During the early hours of Thursday, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica near Kratovo, North Macedonia. Meanwhile, at Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, a group of individuals gathered around the Monument to the Unknown Hero to witness the Perseid meteor shower.
In another striking image, a meteor streaks across the night sky above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Also, a meteor with a distinctive green tail and the trails of two satellites were visible from Jacobsdorf, Germany, 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 in Malta. Enjoy these captivating scenes of meteor showers from around the world.