The sky was filled with Streaks of light. As the Meteoroids <br />burned up, NASA was watching.The annual Perseid <br />meteor shower peaked on Aug. 12 and 13, 2013, filling <br />the sky with streaks of light caused by the meteoroids <br />burning up in Earth's atmosphere. Big meteor showers <br />like the Perseids, are caused when Earth travels through a <br />region of space filled with debris shed by a comet. The <br />Perseids have been observed for at least 2,000 years and <br />are the small fragments from comet Swift-Tuttle. These <br />bits of ice and dust wander in space for centuries, finally <br />burning up in the Earth's atmosphere to create one of the <br />best meteor showers of the year. <br /><br />Credit: (NASA/MSFC/ MEO) <br /><br />"NASA" | "Perseids Meteor shower Heats up the Summer Night" <br /><br />Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more!
