The sky was filled with Streaks of light. As the Meteoroids
burned up, NASA was watching.The annual Perseid
meteor shower peaked on Aug. 12 and 13, 2013, filling
the sky with streaks of light caused by the meteoroids
burning up in Earth's atmosphere. Big meteor showers
like the Perseids, are caused when Earth travels through a
region of space filled with debris shed by a comet. The
Perseids have been observed for at least 2,000 years and
are the small fragments from comet Swift-Tuttle. These
bits of ice and dust wander in space for centuries, finally
burning up in the Earth's atmosphere to create one of the
best meteor showers of the year.

Credit: (NASA/MSFC/ MEO)

"NASA" | "Perseids Meteor shower Heats up the Summer Night"

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