According to NASA, the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on August 12 and 13 in Europe. The fireballs from the meteorites are fast and plentiful, although a nearly full moon (Supermoon) makes it difficult to view them this year.
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at a windmill farm near Bogdanci, south of Skopje, in the early morning August 13, 2014. Photo: © REUTERS/Ognen TeofilovskiThe dazzling Perseid meteor shower has not yet reached its peak, but NASA cameras planted on the ground in the United States have already witnessed some early 'shooting stars' streaking across the summer sky.
The cameras can detect meteors as bright or brighter than Mars (with a magnitude of about -2.5) so the network only captures a portion of the fireballs that arc over the Northern Hemisphere during the annual spectacle. With the naked eye, skywatchers can see much fainter meteors.
Check out the Nasa video at the bottom of the gallery.
Entities 0 Name: NASA Count: 3 1 Name: Europe Count: 1 2 Name: United States Count: 1 3 Name: Skopje Count: 1 4 Name: Northern Hemisphere Count: 1 5 Name: Bogdanci Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1sRMNYX Title: Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight Description: The Perseids meteor shower is set to peak tonight as 100 shooting stars an hour are expected to streak across the night sky, and continue for several days. "Despite a bright moon, there should still be a good show from this prolific shower," NASA wrote on its website.
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