Perseid Meteor Shower — Pics

By:

August 11, 2016 2:55PM EDT

1 of 5

Spain Perseid Meteor Shower, Madrid, Spain – 12 Aug 2016

Spain Perseid Meteor Shower, Madrid, Spain – 12 Aug 2016 — With long exposure, stars and Perseid meteors streak across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower above a silhouette of a roadside billboard of a Spanish fighting bull in Reduena, Spain
Spain Perseid Meteor Shower, Madrid, Spain – 12 Aug 2016

2 of 5

Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016

Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016 — Picture shows the Perseid Meteors shower by the Holy Island of Lindisfarne,Northumberland on August 9th 2016.
The Perseid meteor shower takes place each year through July and August and is the result of particles falling from the Comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun every 133 years and was first seen in 1862.
The trail of particles forms meteors, or shooting stars as they are also known, which heat up as they enter the EarthÕs atmosphere creating tails of light across the sky. These specific meteors travel at a speed of 132,000 miles per hour and are called Perseids due to the way in which they appear to streak away from the Perseus Constellation
Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016

3 of 5

Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016

Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016 — Picture shows the Perseid Meteors shower by the Holy Island of Lindisfarne,Northumberland on August 9th 2016.
The Perseid meteor shower takes place each year through July and August and is the result of particles falling from the Comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun every 133 years and was first seen in 1862.
The trail of particles forms meteors, or shooting stars as they are also known, which heat up as they enter the EarthÕs atmosphere creating tails of light across the sky. These specific meteors travel at a speed of 132,000 miles per hour and are called Perseids due to the way in which they appear to streak away from the Perseus Constellation
Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016

4 of 5

Perseid meteor shower, Spruce Knob, West Virginia, USA – 12 Aug 2016

Perseid meteor shower, Spruce Knob, West Virginia, USA – 12 Aug 2016 — CREDIT: NASA/Bill Ingalls/Rex Shutterstock. Editorial use only
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls/Shutterstock (5828911a)
In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower as a photographer wipes moisture from the camera lenses
Perseid meteor shower, Spruce Knob, West Virginia, USA – 12 Aug 2016

5 of 5

Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016

Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016 — Picture shows the Perseid meteor shower over Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset,in the early hour of Friday August 12th.
The Perseid meteor shower takes place each year through July and August and is the result of particles falling from the Comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun every 133 years and was first seen in 1862.
The trail of particles forms meteors, or shooting stars as they are also known, which heat up as they enter the EarthÕs atmosphere creating tails of light across the sky. These specific meteors travel at a speed of 132,000 miles per hour and are called Perseids due to the way in which they appear to streak away from the Perseus Constellation
Perseid meteor shower – 13 Aug 2016

Click to Subscribe to Get Our Free HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter to get the hottest celeb news.