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Keywords: meteors, Perseids
![Ночь Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/08/13/0001387858/2016_08_06_Perseids_1310pxHoralek.preview.jpg)
10.08.2017
This weekend, meteors will rain down near the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. Normally bright and colorful, the Perseid shower meteors are produced by dust swept up by planet Earth from the orbit of Comet Swift-Tuttle. They streak from a radiant in Perseus, above the horizon in clear predawn skies.
![Три ночи Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/08/26/0001756607/ThreeNightsPerseids1024.preview.jpg)
20.08.2021
Frames from a camera that spent three moonless nights under the stars create this composite night skyscape. They were recorded during August 11-13 while planet Earth was sweeping through the dusty trail of comet Swift-Tuttle.
![Персей и потерянные метеоры](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/09/03/0001759031/PerseidsLost_SlovinskyHoralek_1080.preview.jpg)
9.08.2021
What's the best way to watch a meteor shower? This question might come up later this week when the annual Perseid Meteor Shower peaks. One thing that is helpful is a dark sky, as demonstrated in the featured composite image of last year's Perseids.
![Персеиды и полная Луна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/08/24/0001846493/perseids2022jcc2k800.preview.jpg)
18.08.2022
The annual Perseid meteor shower was near its peak on August 13. As planet Earth crossed through streams of debris left by periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle meteors rained in northern summer night skies. But even...
![Замок и метеор в лунном свете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/08/13/0001253261/per_110812_ladanyi_1000c.preview.jpg)
13.08.2011
Each August, as planet Earth swings through dust trailing along the orbit of periodic comet Swift-Tuttle, skygazers enjoy the Perseid Meteor Shower. As Earth moves through the denser part of the comet's wide...
![Персеиды над Метеорами](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/08/11/0001291803/tafreshiIMG_4098Trail-s900.preview.jpg)
10.08.2013
The two bright meteors flashing through this night skyscape from August 7 are part of the ongoing Perseid meteor shower. In the direction indicated by both colorful streaks, the shower's radiant in the eponymous constellation Perseus is at the upper right.
![Яркий метеор, звездное небо](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/08/19/0001755225/BrightMeteorPerseids2021-7337-crop-net1024.preview.jpg)
19.08.2021
Plowing through Earth's atmosphere at 60 kilometers per second, this bright perseid meteor streaks along a starry Milky Way. Captured in dark Portugal skies on August 12, it moves right to left through the frame.
![Метеоры вдоль Млечного Пути](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/08/24/0001906930/MSH11080.preview.jpg)
24.08.2023
Under dark and mostly moonless night skies, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower. Seen from a grassy hillside from Shiraz, Iran these Perseid meteors streak along the northern summer Milky Way before dawn on Sunday, August 13.
![Метеор из потока Персеиды, красные спрайты и Новая RS Змееносца](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/08/16/0001754653/PerseidNovaSprites_Korona_960.preview.jpg)
16.08.2021
This was an unusual sky. It wasn't unusual because of the central band the Milky Way Galaxy, visible along the image left. Most dark skies show part of the Milky Way. It wasn't unusual because of the bright meteor visible on the upper right.
![Дождь Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/08/16/0001754654/PerseidRain2021_Luo_960.preview.jpg)
15.08.2021
Comet dust rained down on planet Earth last week, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower. The featured picture is a composite of many images taken from the same location over the peak night of the Perseids.
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