--- title: See the Best Perseid Meteor Shower Photos description: Nearly 100 meteors flew through the night sky during the annual meteor shower canonical: https://time.com/3994188/see-perseid-meteor-shower-photos/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-13T11:37:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:04.485Z article:section: Science og:title: See the Most Dazzling Photos of the Perseid Meteor Shower og:description: Nearly 100 meteors flew through the night sky og:url: https://time.com/3994188/see-perseid-meteor-shower-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4394f17d891419e/69885ed9a988ca597b6b3db9/perseid-meteor-shower-august-2015-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Perseid Meteor Shower August 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Most Dazzling Photos of the Perseid Meteor Shower twitter:description: Nearly 100 meteors flew through the night sky twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4394f17d891419e/69885ed9a988ca597b6b3db9/perseid-meteor-shower-august-2015-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Most Dazzling Photos of the Perseid Meteor Shower by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 13, 2015 11:37 AM UTC  The Perseid meteor shower at Bamburgh in Northumberland in August 2015. The Perseid meteor shower at Bamburgh in Northumberland in August 2015.Peter Greig—REX/Shutterstock by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 13, 2015 11:37 AM UTC _Read next:_ [_Watch Highlights From the Perseid Meteor Shower_](http://time.com/3994169/watch-perseid-meteor-shower/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article)  The Perseid meteor shower at Bamburgh in Northumberland in August 2015. Peter Greig—REX/Shutterstock  The Perseid meteor shower alongside the Milky Way over the German island of Fehmarn on Aug. 13, 2015. Daniel Reinhardt—EPA  A meteor from the Perseid Meteor shower can be seen in the upper left corner in this long exposure image as the Jerusalem Fire burns in Lake and Napa Counties near the town of Clearlake, Calif., on Aug. 12, 2015. Stuart Palley—Zuma Press  A long exposure image shows a Perseid meteor streak across the night sky over the remains of St. Ilia Roman Christian basilica near the town of Pirdop on Aug. 12, 2015. Nikolay Doychinov—AFP/Getty Images  The Perseid Meteor Shower over Northamptonshire, England on Aug. 11, 2015. Jamie Cooper—REX Shutterstock  The Perseid meteor shower above Muenchsteinach, Germany on Aug. 13, 2015. Daniel Karmann—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 13, 2015 - Pilsum, Lower Saxony, Germany - A shooting star lights up the night sky above the Pilsum lighthouse in Pilsum, Germany, 12 August 2015\. Additionally towards the top of the image the Milky Way can be seen. On the nights of the 12 and 13 August 2015 the shooting stars of the Perseid stream are to unfold at maximum splendor. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa (Credit Image: © Matthias Balk/DPA via ZUMA Press) Matthias Balk—Zuma Press  13 Aug 2015, Germany --- A shooting star lights up the night sky above the Pilsum lighthouse in Pilsum, Germany, 12 August 2015\. Additionally towards the top of the image the Milky Way can be seen. On the nights of the 12 and 13 August 2015 the shooting stars of the Perseid stream are to unfold at maximum splendor. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa --- Image by © Matthias Balk/dpa/Corbis Matthias Balk—Zuma Press  The Perseid meteor shower at Wotton-under-Edge, in Gloucestershire Perseid Meteor Shower, England in August 2015. Matt Bigwood—REX Shutterstock  A meteor from the Perseid meteor shower (left) and the lights from a plane (right) streak across the sky near Gemuend, Germany on Aug. 13, 2015. Oliver Berg—EPA  The Perseid meteor shower over the Maculje archaeological site near Novi Travnik in Bosnia on Aug.13, 2015. Dado Ruvic—Reuters  The Perseid meteor shower over a Roman theatre in the ruins of Acinipio near Seville, Spain on Aug. 13, 2015 Jon Nazca—Reuters  The Perseid meteor shower over Leeberg hill near Grossmugl, Austria on Aug. 13, 2015. Heinz-Peter Bader—Reuters  The Perseid meteor shower over Rogla, Slovenia on Aug. 13, 2015. 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