The Perseid meteor shower is here – but this year, so is a nearly full Moon 🌖 Here's how you can still enjoy the show, which peaks tonight: go.nasa.gov/4mDfIif | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The LIC1 camera of the Canary Long-Baseline Observatory (CILBO) on Tenerife captured the peak of the 2020 Perseid meteor shower on 11 August. The image-intensified (night vision) video camera, operated by ESA’s Meteor Research Group, captured 61 meteors, 45 of which were classified as Perseids 👉 http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Perseid_showers_captured_by_ESA_s_meteor_camera | ESA - European Space Agency

Watch the Milky Way rise over Oregon’s Mack Reef as the Perseids meteor shower streaks through the sky. Captured at Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, this timelapse shows one of nature’s best night shows. The annual meteor shower began in July and peaks August 12. Video by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Department of the Interior