Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower Meteors streak above the Wyoming countryside early Tuesday morning north of Cheyenne in this time-elapsed photo. The past couple nights were the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, which runs from mid-July through mid-August. Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle/AP Photo

Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower This long-exposure photograph taken Aug. 12, 2013, shows the Milky Way in the clear night sky near Yangon. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in August when the Earth passes through the debris and dust of the Swift-Tuttle comet. Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images

Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower From left: Los Angeles photographers Shawn Kaye, Scott Meadows and Steve Gentry point their cameras to the stars during the Perseid meteor shower, north of Castaic Lake, Calif., Aug. 12, 2013. Gene Blevins/Reuters

Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower A meteor streaks past the faint band of the Milky Way galaxy above the Wyoming countryside early morning, Aug. 13, 2013, north of Cheyenne, Wyo. Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle/AP Photo

Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower A multiple-exposure picture taken in the early hours, Aug. 11, 2013, shows thePerseid meteor shower in the sky, near the municipality of La Hiruela, on the mountains of the Sierra Norte de Madrid. Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images

Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower A meteor streaks over the North Star in the northern skies during the Perseid meteor shower early morning, north of Castaic Lake, Calif., Aug. 12, 2013. Gene Blevins/Reuters

Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower A meteor is seen over a railroad crossing at Ditto Marina Parkway, Aug. 12, 2013, in Huntsville, Ala. Eric Schultz/AL.com/AP Photo

Stunning Photos of Perseid Meteor Shower Stars seen as streaks from a long-camera exposure are seen behind and above a roadside silhouette of a Spanish fighting bull, conceived decades ago as highway billboards, in Villarejo de Salvanes, central Spain, Aug. 12, 2013. Paul White/AP Photo