News Photo: Perseid meteors fall as a satellite passes across…
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The Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Offers Celestial Show In Night Sky
Caption: LAKE MEAD NRA, NV - AUGUST 12: Perseid meteors fall as a satellite passes across the sky early August 12, 2008 near Rogers Spring in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. The meteor display, known as the Perseid shower because it appears to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky, is a result of Earth's orbit passing through debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. Tuesday morning was considered the peak of the shower, which is visible every August. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Date created: 12 Aug 2008
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Subject
Astronomy
Close To
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Meteor
Meteor Shower
Science and Technology
Sky
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Nevada
USA
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