{"id":41478,"date":"2013-08-13T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T11:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=41478"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T11:38:08","slug":"shooting-starsperseids-meteor-shower-delights-stargazers-uk-news-41478","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/shooting-starsperseids-meteor-shower-delights-stargazers-uk-news-41478\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting Stars:Perseids Meteor Shower Delights Stargazers \/ UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year in UK lit up the skies as stargazers were rewarded with scores of sightings.<\/h1>\n

Images of the “natural firework display” were captured by astronomers and professional photographers, but with the astronomical spectacle visible to the unaided eye even amateur stargazers were not left disappointed.<\/p>\n

The Perseids meteor shower is a result of material falling from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last passed near the Earth in 1992, and is active each year from around mid-July to late-August.<\/p>\n

The rare occurrence was also played out on social networking sites including Twitter – as stargazers shared their photographs and experiences with one another.<\/p>\n

One tweeted: “Everybody! It’s the #Perseid #Meteorwatch Look up for Shooting stars!”<\/p>\n

Another said: “Watching the #perseid meteor shower. Magic.”<\/p>\n

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A stargazer on Lake Michigan in the States tweeted: “Night fishing for King Salmon off the pier and stargazing at the Perseid meteor showers which peak tonight.”<\/p>\n

Another added: “Shooting Stars and Owls, magical combo \ud83d\ude42 Time for bed now.”<\/p>\n

Meteors, commonly known as shooting stars, are the result of small particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed.<\/p>\n

Another added: “Shooting Stars and Owls, magical combo \ud83d\ude42 Time for bed now.”<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles photographers Kaye, Meadows and Gentry set their cameras pointed to the stars during the Perseid meteor shower early on Monday morning north of Castaic Lake, California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meteors, commonly known as shooting stars, are the result of small particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed.<\/p>\n

These heat the air around them, causing the characteristic streak of light seen from the ground.<\/p>\n

They mostly appear as fleeting flashes lasting less than a second, but the brightest ones leave behind trails of vaporised gases and glowing air molecules that may take a few seconds to fade.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 12)<\/span>\n

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