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 overnight, coinciding with a new moon that offered excellent visibility for stargazers as there was no moonlight to obstruct the view. Witness the shooting stars in the images below.
In one image, Perseid meteor streaks illuminate the sky at Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, close to Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, in the early hours of Thursday. Another captivating scene shows people observing a meteor streaking across the sky at Visnjan Observatory in Croatia on Wednesday evening. Yet another meteor is captured streaking across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica near Kratovo, North Macedonia, early Thursday. People also gathered around the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, to enjoy the spectacle of the Perseid meteor shower. In addition, a meteor streaked across the sky above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Lastly, a meteor with a green tail and the trails of two satellites were spotted from Jacobsdorf, Germany, during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday. Captivatingly, 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.