The annual Perseid meteor shower happens when Earth moves through the debris trail left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The event reached its peak overnight, coinciding with a new moon that created perfect conditions for observers as moonlight didn’t obstruct the view. Witness the shooting stars in the images below.
In the early hours of Thursday, Perseid meteor streaks illuminated the sky over Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel.
People enjoyed watching a meteor streak across the sky at Visnjan Observatory in Croatia on Wednesday evening.
Early Thursday, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica, near Kratovo, North Macedonia.
On Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, people gathered around the Monument to the Unknown Hero to witness the Perseid meteor shower.
In southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac.
From Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the trails of two satellites were visible during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday.
In Malta, 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.
