Stone ruins of the burned red with a long tail, so, tens of meteors seen falling in the sky europe. For astronomy fans, this is a highly anticipated moment.
Astronomy enthusiasts in Europe enjoy the 'scenery amazing' when a Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on the second night.
According to the United States space agency (Nasa), the meteor shower is producing 80 meteors per hour. "Great crescent moon will disappear before the meteor shower is active so that the sky is ideal for watching meteor," NASA said on Sunday (15 / 8). Astronomy enthusiasts in the UK and U.S. have taken photos of this meteor-meteor fallen to earth.
John Mason of the British Astronomical Association, said that the weather is helping those who want to watch a meteor shower. "This meteor Rain had lasted for a week and we have seen a very bright meteor crossed the sky," he said.
Perseid meteor shower is caused by fragments of comet Swift-Tuttle. Every 133 years, a large comet passing through the inner Solar system and leaving a trail of dust and rocks.
When the earth through this debris, they hit the earth's atmosphere in a speed of 240 thousand kilometers per hour and broke in the Sun in the sky.
Source: Republika Online news