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Perseids and Orion

starry sky above tree line with two streaking meteors
Source: NASA/Bill Dunford
Published: August 14, 2018

The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors on Aug. 12, 2018 in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah.

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