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 created optimal viewing conditions for skywatchers as the absence of moonlight didn’t hinder visibility. Witness the shooting stars in the images below.
Images captured at Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, early Thursday, show stunning Perseid meteor streaks lighting up the sky. In Croatia, at the Visnjan Observatory on Wednesday evening, people observed a meteor streaking across the sky. Another striking image showcases a meteor blazing across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica, near Kratovo, North Macedonia, early Thursday.
On Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, people gathered around the Monument to the Unknown Hero to marvel at the Perseid meteor shower. In southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac. Additionally, a meteor with a green tail, along with the streaks of two satellites, was spotted 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.