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Stunning pictures from the Perseid meteor shower

Dina Spector   

Stunning pictures from the Perseid meteor shower
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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.

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.

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