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Stunning pictures from the Perseid meteor shower

Dina SpectorAug 13, 2015, 13:50 IST

Meteors streak across the sky over a Roman theatre in the ruins of Acinipio, during the Perseid meteor shower near Ronda, southern Spain, in the early morning of August 13, 2015.REUTERS/Jon Nazca

The annual Perseid meteor shower peaked on August 12 and 13 in Europe as earth passed through a stream of debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle.

During the Perseids, as many as 100 meteors each hour enter earth's atmosphere at 100,000 mph and then burn up at a safe distance.

Stargazers with a clear view of the night sky captured beautiful pictures from the celestial show.

Did you snap great photos of the meteor shower? Send them to dspector@businessinsider.com and we'll share them here.