A meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid shower, seen Friday in Amador County.
The light show occurs as Earth passes through a cloud of debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle. The streaks of light from meteors are relatively faint.
At its peak, the meteor shower had 200 “shooting stars” per hour.
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