The annual Perseid meteor shower happens when Earth crosses through Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle’s debris trail. This celestial event reached its peak overnight, aligning with a new moon, creating perfect stargazing conditions as moonlight did not obstruct the view. Witness the shooting stars in the images below.
In the Negev Desert’s Mount Ramon near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, Perseid meteor streaks lit up the sky early Thursday morning. At the Visnjan Observatory in Croatia, spectators marveled at a meteor streaking across the night sky on Wednesday evening.
In North Macedonia, near Kratovo, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica early Thursday. Over at Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, people gathered around the Monument to the Unknown Hero to observe 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. In Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the trails of two satellites were visible 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.