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Perseids over the VLT
The Perseid shower takes place as the Earth moves through the stream of debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. In 2010 the peak was predicted to take place between 12–13 August 2010. Despite the Perseids being best visible in the northern hemisphere, due to the path of Comet Swift-Tuttle's orbit, the shower was also spotted from the exceptionally dark skies over ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
Find out more about this photo from ESO photo ambassador, Stéphane Guisard, here.
Peak of Perseid showers captured by ESA’s meteor camera
Perseid showers captured by ESA’s meteor camera
Perseid showers captured by ESA’s meteor camera
Perseid meteor captured by ESA’s Canary Islands camera
