“Perseid Meteor Shower Lights Up Global Skies”

The annual Perseid meteor shower happens when Earth moves through the debris trail left by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This celestial event reached its peak overnight, coinciding with a new moon that created perfect viewing conditions for stargazers due to minimal moonlight interference. A series of Perseid meteor streaks lit up the night sky above Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, early on Thursday. People gathered at the Visnjan Observatory in Croatia on Wednesday evening to witness a meteor streaking across the sky. In North Macedonia, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica near Kratovo early on Thursday. Additionally, spectators assembled at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, to enjoy the Perseid meteor shower. Another striking moment occurred as a meteor streaked across the night sky above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson near Stolac in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. In Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the trails of two satellites were visible during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday. Lastly, a Perseid meteor streaked across the night sky behind St. Mark’s Tower, a 17th-century coastal fortification near the village of Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, Malta.