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Each summer, Earth drifts through the dusty trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle, giving us one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year: the Perseids.
Now active and peaking in mid-August, this shower can produce up to 75 meteors per hour under dark skies. But what really sets them apart? Their colors — each one reveals the elements they're made of.
As meteors streak through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of color. Here's what those colors mean:
Red — Oxygen & Nitrogen
Yellow-Gold — Iron
Violet — Calcium
Orange — Sodium
Blue-Green — Magnesium
The Perseids are active from July 17 to August 24, with peak nights around August 12–13, Even with a bit of moonlight, it’s still one of the best shows the sky has to offer.
So find a dark spot, give your eyes time to adjust — and look up. You’re watching tiny bits of a comet light up the sky in color.
Red — Oxygen & Nitrogen
Yellow-Gold — Iron
Violet — Calcium
Orange — Sodium
Blue-Green — Magnesium
The Perseids are active from July 17 to August 24, with peak nights around August 12–13, Even with a bit of moonlight, it’s still one of the best shows the sky has to offer.
So find a dark spot, give your eyes time to adjust — and look up. You’re watching tiny bits of a comet light up the sky in color.
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