Perseid Meteor Shower: Spectacular Images Shared By Citizen Astronomers

PITTSBURGH (KDKA/CNN) – Citizen astronomers captured stunning images of the Perseid meteor shower’s peak last night.
The shower peaked with the most number of meteors during the late evening hours of August 11 and early morning hours of August 12. It coincided with the last quarter moon phase, or a bright half moon.This is the only Perseid meteor captured on the DSLR camera, a 20 sec exposures of the southern sky last night, just after setting up no less! This one is from 22:06 EDT.