ICYMI: The Perseid meteor shower was beautiful — PHOTOS
This timelapse video from Spain shows the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. They flash across the sky as they enter the atmosphere at an incredible 132,000 mph. (Yahoo/Inform)
A meteor streaks through the sky above Calico Basin in the western part of the Las Vegas Valley. (Courtesy John Davis)
A meteor streaks through the sky above Calico Basin in the western part of the Las Vegas Valley. (Courtesy John Davis)
A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones in Radmilje near Stolac, south of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 12, 2016. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones in Radmilje near Stolac, south of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 12, 2016. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
A single meteor flies over the Severn River in Gloucester, Va., Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. Scientists call this an outburst, and they say it could reach up to 200 meteors per hour. (Rob Ostermaier/The Daily Press via AP)
A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones in Radmilje near Stolac, south of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 12, 2016. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above medieval tombstones in Radmilje near Stolac, south of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 12, 2016. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above the ruins of a church in the Los Alcornocales (cork oak forests) nature park, during the Perseid meteor shower in the ancient village of La Sauceda, near Cortes de la Frontera, southern Spain, in the early morning of August 12, 2016. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
A meteor streaks across the sky in the early morning during the Perseid meteor shower in Ramon Crater near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, August 12, 2016. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
If you missed the Perseid meteor shower last night, don’t worry — photographers around the world captured the bursts of light crossing the sky.
Viewing on mobile? Check out our photo gallery here: Perseid meteor shower lights up the night’s sky
