Perseid Lore: The Legend and Science Behind the Epic Meteor Shower

Every August, just when many people go vacationing in rural areas where skies are dark, the famous Perseid meteor shower  makes its appearance. In a matter of minutes, Swift ran across an object in the dim constellation of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe, which he believed to be Comet Schmidt, which had been discovered only a couple of weeks earlier.