Photos: 2020 Perseid meteor shower lights up the night sky
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Perseid meteor shower 2020 Perseids on Gran Sasso d'Italia (L'Aquila, Italy) on August 10, 2020. (Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above a camping site at the Negev desert near the city of Mitzpe Ramon on August 11, 2020, during the Perseids meteor shower, which occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above a camping site at the Negev desert near the city of Mitzpe Ramon on August 11, 2020, during the Perseids meteor shower, which occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above a camping site at the Negev desert near the city of Mitzpe Ramon on August 11, 2020, during the Perseids meteor shower, which occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 12 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Antendorf: Perseid meteors can be seen next to the Milky Way in the night sky. The Perseids are an annually recurring meteor stream in the first weeks of August. (Ole Spata/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 12 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Antendorf: Perseid meteors can be seen next to the Milky Way in the night sky. (Ole Spata/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 Perseids on Gran Sasso d'Italia (L'Aquila, Italy) on August 10, 2020. (Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 12 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Antendorf: Perseid meteors can be seen next to the Milky Way in the night sky. (Ole Spata/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 Perseids on Gran Sasso d'Italia (L'Aquila, Italy) on August 10, 2020. (Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Perseid meteor shower 2020 12 August 2020, Lower Saxony, Antendorf: Perseid meteors can be seen next to the Milky Way in the night sky. (Ole Spata/picture alliance via Getty Images)
