The Perseid meteor shower is peaking this week 🌌 These local photographers captured such incredible shots on Sunday night 🤩 Ross Jennings, Isaac Ogden Photography and John Phelan Photography | BBC Cornwall

145K views · 230 reactions | Time-lapse photography captured the dazzling Perseid meteor shower in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Perseids occur from mid-July to late August. They are one of the Northern Hemisphere's top three meteor showers, with up to 100 meteors per hour and bright, fast trails. | CGTN | Facebook

103K views · 1K reactions | Stargazers were treated to a spectacle when the Lyrid meteor shower lit up the night sky over the north-eastern province of Jilin at the weekend. The annual event usually occurs between 19 and 23 April when the Earth passes through the dusty tail of comet Thatcher | The Guardian | Facebook

Stargazers remain focused on 2019 as one of the year’s top meteor showers is about to put on a dazzling display in the night sky. https://bit.ly/2YGZDOF | AccuWeather

In this timelapse video, the Milky Way arcs over the Mack Reef archipelago at Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge as Perseid meteors streak across the sky. The popular annual meteor shower started in July and will peak on the night of August 12. Video by Peter Pearsall / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Department of the Interior