Pretty Perseids: Images of one of Earth's most reliable meteor showers
Published 18 Sept 2019, 15:40 BST
A meteor from the annual Perseid meteor shower shoots by the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Radio Telescope near Cambridge, England.
Photograph by Nigel Blake, Alamy
In this multiple exposure image, a Perseid meteor leaves a green streak in the skies over Yurihonjo in Akita, Japan.
Photograph by The Asahi Shimbun, Getty
A meteor streaks over a Joshua tree on August 13, 2018, near Death Valley in California during the annual Perseid meteor shower.
Photograph by Bob Riha Jr., Getty
The Perseid meteor shower puts on a fine show over the 65th parallel in Nunavik, Canada.
Photograph by Benoît Turcotte, National Geographic Your Shot
A Perseid meteor crosses the night sky over a stork sitting on its nest in the village of Yatskovichy in Russia on August 13, 2018.
Photograph by Sergei Gapon, AFP, Getty
Falling meteors cut through the whirling trails of stars in a long-exposure photo of the 2012 Perseid meteor shower seen from Estonia.
Photograph by Risto Hunt || https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/95543/, National Geographic Your Shot