Amateur astronomers have been out in force to watch the celestial
display, which is caused by material falling from the tail of Comet
Swift-Tuttle.
The Perseid shower is an annual event between mid-July and
mid-August, but the best views were expected on Monday night - and
the meteors didn't disappoint, with as many as 60 an hour visible
to the naked eye.
This picture shows a meteor streaking above Edlington Castle
in Northumberland, UK.
The historic site of Stonehenge in south west England offered a
wonderful viewing point for the shower.
A meteor is seen over a roadside silhouette of a bull-shaped
billboard, in Villarejo de Salvanes, central Spain
A meteor sparks, lower right, while entering the Earth's atmosphere
behind an olive tree in Fanos village, central Greece.
A shooting star streaks across the sky behind a rock formation in
Nevada's Cathedral Gorge State Park.
