Searching skies for a shower of sparks

PERSEIDGALLERY

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A photographer checks his camera during the Perseid meteor shower at Stobi archeological site, which was the largest city in the northern part of the Roman province of Macedonia. According to NASA, the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on August 12th and 13th in Europe. The fireballs from the meteorites are fast and plentiful, the agency adds, with as many as 100 visible in a single hour. Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

Tue Aug 13 2013 - 12:31

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