Perseid Meteor Shower Blazes Through the Sky

The Perseid meteor shower was heralded in by a bright a fireball entering Earth’s atmosphere about 70 miles (112.6 km) above the town of Paint Rock, at about 9:56 p.m. local time.
Perseid Meteor Shower Blazes Through the Sky
Indian sky watchers set up their telescopes on a roof top of a science center in Patna, on July 21, 2009, on the eve of a total eclipse of the sun. Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
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Indian sky watchers set up their telescopes on a roof top of a science center in Patna, on July 21, 2009, on the eve of a total eclipse of the sun. (Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images)
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