{"id":340219,"date":"2025-08-13T04:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340219\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T04:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:17:16","slug":"incredible-photos-of-perseid-meteor-shower-captured-in-wales-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340219\/","title":{"rendered":"Incredible photos of Perseid meteor shower captured in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stargazers in Wales were treated to a dazzling display on Monday night as the Perseid meteor shower lit up the skies. Our photographer Jonathan Myers<\/a> captured striking images of the meteors streaking across the sky over Magor and Undy in Monmouthshire<\/a>, revealing the bright flashes of light caused by tiny space particles burning up in Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The Perseids is one of the most famous and reliable meteor showers of the year<\/a> and occurs when our planet passes through a trail of debris left by Comet 109P\/Swift-Tuttle.<\/p>\n

As Earth moves through this cosmic dust cloud the particles, which are no bigger than a grain of sand, collide with our atmosphere at around 36 miles per second, producing the spectacular streaks we see as shooting stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/b> Exact time to spot the Perseid meteor shower from the UK tomorrow<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/b> Best meteor shower of 2025 to light up skies in the northern hemisphere<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2025 the Perseids are active between July 17 and August 24 with the peak falling on the nights of August 11-12 and August 12-13.<\/p>\n

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The Perseid meteor shower lit up the Welsh skies on Monday, August 11 -Credit:Jonathan Myers<\/p>\n

During the peak the Perseids can produce up to 100 meteors per hour under ideal conditions, according to the National Space Centre.<\/p>\n

This makes it one of the best opportunities of the year for spotting multiple shooting stars in a short period.<\/p>\n

Light pollution remains the biggest obstacle for would-be meteor watchers. Urban streetlights and building illumination can wash out all but the brightest meteors so experts recommend heading to the countryside or a designated dark-sky reserve.<\/p>\n

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The meteor shower happens when tiny particles hit Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, creating bright streaks of light in the sky -Credit:Jonathan Myers<\/p>\n

The best way to view the shower is to find an open spot with a clear view of the horizon, lie back, and look up at the darkest part of the sky.<\/p>\n

Allow at least 20 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the darkness and leave the phone in your pocket to avoid ruining your night vision.<\/p>\n

Patience is also key as meteors can come in bursts followed by quieter periods so warm clothing and a flask of tea or coffee might be a must for you if you\u2019re heading out there.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still time to catch the Perseids before they fade as activity will remain noticeable until August 24 although rates will drop steadily after midweek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stargazers in Wales were treated to a dazzling display on Monday night as the Perseid meteor shower lit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[3013,121266,15704,70,413,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-340219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-earths-atmosphere","9":"tag-jonathan-myers","10":"tag-meteor-shower","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-space","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115019531243083668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}