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A stargazer waits for the Perseid meteor shower to begin near Bobcaygeon, Ontario, on Aug. 12. (Fred Thornhill/Reuters)
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A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above desert pine trees on Aug. 13 in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Nev. The annual display, known as the Perseid shower because the meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky, is a result of Earth's orbit passing through debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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A falling star crosses the night sky behind the lighthouse in Pilsum, northwestern Germany, during the peak in activity of the annual Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 13. (Matthias Balk/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the York Astronomical Society prepare to view the annual Perseid meteor shower in the village of Rufforth, near York, northern England on Aug. 12. (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)
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In this image taken at 4:05 a.m EDT, a meteor, upper right, from the Perseid meteor shower streaks across the night sky in this view from the west side of Seneca Lake in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Aug. 13. The Seneca Lake shoreline provided an optimal viewing platform as clouds parted and dozens of meteors were visible in the pre-dawn hours. (Lauren Long/Syracuse Newspapers via Associated Press)
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Meteors from the Perseid meteor showre burn up in the atmosphere as our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is seen in the clear night sky over the German island of Fehmarn on Aug. 13. (Daniel Reinhardt/EPA)
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A falling star crosses the night sky over the North Sea coast in Pilsum, northwestern Germany, during the peak in activity of the annual Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 13. The Perseids meteor shower occurs every year when the Earth passes through the cloud of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle. (Matthias Balk/AFP/Getty Images)
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A photographer prepares to take pictures of the annual Perseid meteor shower in the village of Crissolo, near Cuneo, in the Monviso Alps region of northern Italy, on Aug 13. (Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images)
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Meteor streaks are seen behind a destroyed house, near Tuzla, Bosnia, on Aug. 12. The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on Wednesday night. (Amel Emric/Associated Press)
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A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, Britain on Aug. 13. (Darren Staples/Reuters)
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A falling star crosses the night sky near Muenchsteinach, southern Germany, during the peak in activity of the annual Perseids meteor shower on Aug. 13. (Daniel Karmann/AFP/Getty Images)
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A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at the Maculje archaeological site near Novi Travnik in the early morning Aug. 13. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
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Meteors streak across the sky over a Roman theatre in the ruins of Acinipio, during the Perseid meteor shower near Ronda, southern Spain, on Aug. 13. The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on Aug. 12 and 13 in Europe, according to NASA. Acinipo, known as "Ronda la Vieja" (Old Ronda), is an archaeological site located in a plateau at 999 meters above sea level, declared Heritage of Cultural Interest Site, which includes a Roman theatre and important Prehistoric remains. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
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A long exposure shows a meteor (left) and the lights from a plane (right) streaking across the night sky near Gemuend, Germany, Aug. 13. The meteor display, known as the Perseid shower, because it appears to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky, is a result of Earth's orbit passing through debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. (Oliver Berg/EPA)
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A Perseid meteor along the Milky Way illuminates the dark sky near Villadiego in the province of Burgos, northern Spain, during the Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 12. (Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images)
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A long exposure image shows a meteor streaking across the night sky over illuminated wind generators near Gemuend, Germany, on Aug. 13. (Oliver Berg/EPA)
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A meteor streaks across the sky over Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower near Grossmugl in the early morning of Aug. 13. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)
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Shooting stars are seen during the annual Perseid meteor shower, with the 2827-meters Drusenfluh mountain (left) and the 2817-meters Sulzfluh mountain in St. Antoenien in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, on Aug. 13. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in summer when the Earth passes through debris and dust of the Swift-Tuttle comet. The Perseid, one of the brightest meteorite showers, consist of a multitude of stellar particles which due to their high speed glow up and burn by entering Earth's atmosphere. (Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA)
