The annual Perseid meteor shower takes place when Earth moves through the debris trail left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This celestial event reached its peak overnight, coinciding with a new moon that created optimal stargazing conditions without moonlight interference. Witness the shooting stars in the images below.
In the images, Perseid meteor streaks illuminate the sky over Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, close to Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, during the early hours of Thursday.
Observers enjoy the sight of a meteor streaking across the sky at Visnjan Observatory in Croatia on a Wednesday evening.
A meteor blazes through the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica near Kratovo, North Macedonia, in the early hours of Thursday.
People gather around the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, to watch the Perseid meteor shower.
A meteor streaks across the night sky above the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the trails of two satellites are visible during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday.
A Perseid meteor streaks across the night sky behind St. Mark’s Tower, a 17th-century coastal fortification near the village of Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, Malta.