The bright full moon may have washed out the best of the shooting stars, but that doesn't mean skywatchers were left completely in the dark.
They shared the photos to prove that they captured the best views of the shower. Some people took to social media to share their views of the stars, while other people took pictures for the company.
Mary McIntyre, a skywatcher from Oxfordhire in the United Kingdom, said she saw a fireball in the sky last night. The trail was really good.
There is a video about the Perseid meteor shower.
One day after the full moon in August, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower took place. Even bright moon can dim stargazers' prospects.
The Eboliang Yardang landform in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province of China is home to some of the best views of the Perseid. There are brilliant Perseid meteors shown in the images.
The first image of two.
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The night sky over the Eboliang Yardang landform is illuminated by the Perseid shower. The image is from savesay savesay savesay savesay
The first image of two.
Veysel Altun, a photographer with the Anadalou Agency and Getty Images, was able to take a picture of a meteorite over a campsite.
Photographer Ercin Ertuk snapped a picture of a Perseid as it streaked across the sky over trees.
More and more stargazers have their own cameras that they use to take pictures of fireballs in the sky. Some of our favorites have been spotted on the social networking site.
This pebble came an awful long way before giving me a neat little show last week. Luckily, there were lots of meteors during the #perseid build up, because during the peak tonight it will be tough to see all but the brightest with the full moon in the sky @BBCStargazing pic.twitter.com/n2iFVBi0p0August 12, 2022
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#Perseid peak night. It's something, I guess. The full Moon made this bright, and we were lucky to get any clear skies being under a cutoff low in any case. Fireballs avoided most of my cameras, but I got them with the 8 mm fisheye. Two -4 mag, one -3 mag Perseids. @ThePhotoHour pic.twitter.com/rbU45Npm5QAugust 13, 2022
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Mag -4.8 #Perseid #fireball I saw last night from #Oxfordshire It was detected on our NW #meteorcamera The ionization trail was awesome (I'll share next!) Canon 1100D + 18-55mm lens 8sec ISO-800 f/3.5 #PerseidMeteorShower #Meteors #Perseids2022 pic.twitter.com/lv2cbkcDsMAugust 13, 2022
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Another #Perseid #IonizationTrail this time at 23:54 BST 11th Aug 2022. Taken from #Oxfordshire UK with Canon 1100D #PerseidMeteorShower #Meteors #Perseids2022 pic.twitter.com/m1ruM4kSTKAugust 12, 2022
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Two #Perseid #Meteors on 2 different DSLRs, both just before 22:30 BST 11th Aug '22. This is 2 of the 6 #Perseids I got on camera last night #Perseids2022 #PerseidMeteorShower pic.twitter.com/L1CB0IM31vAugust 12, 2022
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A wider approach last night #perseid #meteors with the 2nd 📷Good field of view albeit less detail.2 Cameras planned tonight, wide & not so 👌EM-1 mk3, 8mm pro F1.8, ISO320, 15s x 5hrs live composite mode@VirtualAstro @OMSYSTEMcameras pic.twitter.com/4hiJh6iS6MAugust 12, 2022
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Each year in August, the Earth passes through a trail of debris from the Swift-Tuttle. Bright trails can be created when comet bits slam into Earth's atmosphere. Their name is derived from the constellation Perseus.
In October, there will be a big meteor shower. The shower will peak on October 20 and 21. As the Earth passes through that trail, it causes it.
We have a guide for the best shower of the year.
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