The annual Perseid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through the debris trail left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This celestial event reached its peak overnight, coinciding with a new moon that provided perfect conditions for stargazers as moonlight did not obstruct the view. Witness the shooting stars as captured in various locations.
At Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, Perseid meteor streaks illuminated the night sky. In Croatia, people marveled at a meteor streaking across the sky at Visnjan Observatory. Meanwhile, a meteor blazed above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica near Kratovo, North Macedonia. On Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, individuals gathered around the Monument to the Unknown Hero to observe the Perseid meteor shower. Over the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac, in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, a meteor streaked across the night sky. From Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the streaks of two satellites were visible during the Perseid meteor shower. Lastly, a Perseid meteor streaked across the night sky behind St. Mark’s Tower, a 17th-century coastal fortification near the village of Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq in Malta.