... Credit: Chris Peterson ( Cloudbait Observatory ) Explanation: Where are all of these meteors coming from? ... That is why the last week's meteor shower was known as the Perseids -- the meteors all appear to come from a radiant toward Perseus . ... Pictured above , a composite image of this year's Pereids meteor shower shows many bright meteor s that streaked through the sky on August 12. ... Publications with keywords: Perseids - meteor shower . Publications with words: Perseids - meteor shower . ...