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![Гамма-лучи и кометная пыль](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2016/08/21/0001367817/PerseidsMAGIC_DLopez1024.preview.jpg)
20.08.2016
Gamma-rays and dust from periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle plowed through planet Earth's atmosphere on the night of August 11/12. Impacting at about 60 kilometers per second the grains of comet dust produced this year's remarkably active Perseid meteor shower.
![Леониды над Долиной Монументов](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/11/26/0001273354/leonidsmonuments_sabatini_960.preview.jpg)
19.11.2012
What's happening in the sky over Monument Valley? A meteor shower. Over the past weekend the Leonid meteor shower has been peaking. The image -- actually a composite of six exposures of about 30 seconds each -- was taken in 2001, a year when there was a much more active Leonids shower.
![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.
![Северное сияние Персеид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162465/auroraperseid_price_big.preview.jpg)
4.09.2000
Last month, skywatchers were treated to an unexpected coincidence: bright aurorae occurred during the Perseid Meteor Shower. The above picture was taken August 12 and captures eerie looking aurorae and a faint Perseid meteor above Cross Lake in Wisconsin, USA. The near future holds promise for both more aurorae and a better meteor shower.
![Персеиды вокруг Млечного Пути](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2020/08/17/0001687376/PerseidBridge_Zhang_1080.preview.jpg)
17.08.2020
Why would meteor trails appear curved? The arcing effect arises only because the image artificially compresses (nearly) the whole sky into a rectangle. The meteors are from the Perseid Meteor Shower that peaked last week.
![Метеор на лунном небе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/08/15/0001235826/AlborzPerseid2009_tafreshi.preview.jpg)
15.08.2009
Dark skies are favored for viewing meteor showers. But the annual Perseid Meteor Shower still entertained skygazers around the world this week even though the Moon brightened the night. At its last quarter phase...
![Метеор внизу](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/08/10/0001318949/perseid_iss_960.preview.jpg)
10.08.2014
Denizens of planet Earth typically watch meteor showers by looking up. But this remarkable view, captured on August 13, 2011 by astronaut Ron Garan, caught a Perseid meteor by looking down. From Garan...
![Метеоры из потока Орионид над Турцией](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/10/23/0001217058/orionids06_tezel.preview.jpg)
23.10.2006
Meteors have been flowing out from the constellation Orion. This was expected, as mid-October is the time of year for the Orionids Meteor Shower. Pictured above, over a dozen meteors were caught in successively added exposures over three hours taken this past weekend from a town near Bursa, Turkey.
![Юпитер и Геминиды](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/12/28/0001915356/G0030446_1100.preview.jpg)
28.12.2023
For a brief moment, this brilliant fireball meteor outshone Jupiter in planet Earth's night. The serendipitous image was captured while hunting meteors under cold Canadian skies with a camera in timelapse mode on December 14, near the peak of the Geminid meteor shower.
![Рассвет Леонид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/15/0001199222/leonidawn_hk_big.preview.jpg)
22.12.1998
Many of the 1998 Leonid shower meteors were so bright they could be seen even during sunrise. The above photograph was taken near the dawn of November 16 close to Hong Kong, China. However, most meteors are fainter and are not associated with any particular meteor shower.
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