A multiple exposure picture taken in the early hours of August 11, 2013 shows a Perseids meteor shower in the sky in Spain. (DANI POZODANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images)
A multiple exposure picture taken in the early hours of August 11, 2013 shows a Perseids meteor shower in the sky in Spain (DANI POZODANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images)
A meteor streaks over the northern skies in the early morning August 12, 2013 during the Perseid meteor shower north of Castaic Lake, Calif. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
Stargazers come out to watch the Perseid meteor shower early on August 12, 2013 north of Castaic Lake, Calif. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
Aerospace photographer Bill Hartenstein uses his iPhone to help take photos of the Perseid meteor shower early on August 12, 2013 north of Castaic Lake, Calif. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
Los Angeles photographers Shawn Kaye, Scott Meadows and Steve Gentry set their cameras pointed to the stars during the Perseid meteor shower early on August 12, 2013 north of Castaic Lake, Calif. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
A meteor streaks over the North Star in the northern skies during the Perseid meteor shower August 12, 2013 north of Castaic Lake, Calif. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)