A special guest has paid a visit to our heavens for the first time in a long, long while. The Perseids are a meteor shower that unfolded across the summer night skies on Aug. 12. About 150 meteors per hour streaked across the sky from about 10 p.m. until about 12:30 a.m. on Aug 13.
The Perseids meteor shower is spotted in Korea on Aug. 12. The above photos were taken near the Jungmisan Mountain Observatory in Yangpyeong-gun County, Gyeonggi-do Province, on Aug. 12.
Local observatories overflowed with astronomy enthusiasts. The Jungmisan Mountain Observatory in Yangpyeong-gun County, Gyeonggi-do Province, about one and a half hours from Seoul, was no exception. Some people had to head back because of traffic jams, and others observed the falling stars from nearby.
A celestial phenomenon is spotted from Daegwallyeong in Gangwon-do Province in July. Across Korea, you can observe most celestial bodies from the highlands away from big cities whenever the sky is clear.
The Perseids meteor shower occurs when dust debris left in the traces of the Swift-Tuttle comet collide with the atmosphere of the Earth. The meteor shower can be observed in August every year and is one of the sky’s most splendid displays of beauty.
By Yoon Jihye
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: Yoon Jihye
wisdom117@korea.kr
