The Perseid meteor shower is here – but this year, so is a nearly full Moon 🌖 Here's how you can still enjoy the show, which peaks tonight: go.nasa.gov/4mDfIif | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

42K views · 37 reactions | The Perseids meteor shower — which many call the most dazzling of the year — is set to peak this weekend. https://nbcnews.to/2vRaRSR | NBC News Science | Facebook

Watch the Milky Way rise over Oregon’s Mack Reef as the Perseids meteor shower streaks through the sky. Captured at Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, this timelapse shows one of nature’s best night shows. The annual meteor shower began in July and peaks August 12. Video by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Department of the Interior