Don’t miss this in August 2023 | Perseid Meteor Shower

On the night of August 12 and 13, you’ll be able to see up to 100 shooting stars per hour, as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak activity. Perseids are an annual meteor shower that begin in late July and peak around August 13. The best thing is that this year, the Moon will only be 10% illuminated, presenting minimal interference. Perseids put up a spectacular show in the northern hemisphere, down to the mid- southern latitudes. To best see the shower, go to the darkest possible location and lean back and relax. There’s no need for any telescope or binoculars. Just give your eyes about 30 minutes to adjust to the dark. The perfect time to look for the meteors is in the pre-dawn hours.

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[sayasakura_]

I can only hope that light pollution leaves everyone alone...

[yeetuscleatus]

I love the algorithm, thanks for showing me this video TEN DAYS LATER. This would have been so cool

[_queenofthedamned_]

maybe I would not have believed myself, but especially to observe the Perseid meteor shower here in Ukraine, I got to my village over than 150 km, where aren't literally any light pollutions. and right now I'm standing under all this falling beauty... this is one of the greatest things I've ever seen ❤❤❤❤❤

[ronch]

Go to the darkest possible location? Ok I'll go inside my closet.

[preetbudhwani]

Though I won't be able to see it due to the cloud cover, thanks for informing

[youtubersdigest]

Honestly one of the only things I like about living in the middle of nowhere is I can view these kinds of events with little light pollution
Edit: also if you completely cover your eyes in complete dark they’ll adjust much faster. Just a tip

[stevenbriscoe]

Sitting on the beach is the perfect place 😊

[Reefkeepers_Archive]

OK, the timing is perfect, we are on vacation and the town we're staying in happens to be a dark sky community

[KarlTheXI]

The monsoon + typhoon here is killing me

[cybersamurai]

At last you tube recommended me something on time

[khemikology]

Really busy in Joshua Tree last night. Did not expect the number of people who watched this awesome meteor show but got some cool timelapse of it as well. Hopefully the next one will be as good

[jenniecosio]

Awesome thank you 😁 love this to the point

[GoogleCat_Official]

I saw it earlier! And my mom says I found the most!! It was a beautiful thing I saw, and now I take interest in it :)

[hopesantoyo]

I'm frs watching rn and it's so great I've seen a whole lot already 💪🏾💪🏾

[-Mlana-]

Just saw them today a few mins in the 13th it was pretty cool

[toastycat]

Im in cornwall and i was out last night and you could see EVEYTHING i mean everything, the milkyway, so many shooting stars, satellites it was incredible. There’s hardly any light pollution down here

[angelcin]

I will be going down to the beach here in Florida & hopefully get some great photos

[faborwick]

Every single time there's a meteor shower in my area (central pa) the night sky is completely covered with clouds, , every, single, time

[prbplays]

Yo me come from 13 august bye i go to see showers

[Stargirl_]

Today is my birthday so this is exciting 🎉