Perseid meteor shower 2020 – How to watch what could be the best show of ...
(WorldNews Environment)

A 35-minute film exposure captures people in Piedmont, N.C., bathed in the glow of astronomers’ red flashlights and observing the Perseid meteor shower during its peak in August 1994. Here’s one thing coronavirus can’t cancel. The annual Perseid meteor shower, which NASA calls the best meteor shower of the year — and which inspired singer John Denver to write “Rocky Mountain High” nearly 50 years ago — peaks early this week. Depending on the weather and where viewers watch, the celestial spectacle could deliver as many as 50 to 75 shooting stars per hour over California and much of the United States — with the most expected between Tuesday...