Sky-watchers around the worlds were urging to watch the most well-known and reliable meteor showers - the Perseid meteor shower - which reaches its peak overnight between Aug. 12 and 13. While the full moon of August may interfere with the meteor display, this is the best time to see pretty light show.
The Perseid meteor shower happens one time in a year when the Earth passes a stream of dust particles and debris from the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The specks of comet dust will hit the Earth atmosphere at the speed of 40,000 miles per hour (225,000 kilometers per hour) that forms meteor shower.
Photographer Mike Long takes this stunning image of the Perseid meteor shower over the Hautes Alpes of southern France
NASA astronaut Ron Garan captures a shooting star of the 2011 Perseids Meteor Shower from the window of the International Space Station
A meteor of stars passes the night sky over the village of Kuklici situated 80 km (49 miles) east from the capital Skopje. The picture is taken using a long exposure
The air fronting Perseid flying over Millbrae, California is captured by skywatcher and photographer Nick Rose
The fabulous image is taken by skywatcher Carolyne Jackson of Woking, Surrey in England over her backyard during its peak
An amazing Perseid meteor shower is captured in the night sky over El Torcal nature park reserve in the southern Spanish town of Antequera
A man observes the moon during the Perseid meteor shower through binoculars. The Perseids come from comet Swift-Tuttle, the largest object to have passed the earth
Perseids Meteor Shower 2011 stunningly passes the Stonehenge in UK
Perseids Meteor Shower 2011 in picture
A streak of a Perseid meteor is cutting the blade of a wind turbine in Kavala, Greece
The little specks in size of sand grains travel through the sky at the speed of up to 133,200 mph (60 kilometers per second)
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