Stars and meteor streaks are seen behind a destroyed house, near Tuzla, Bosnia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

The Perseid meteor shower, which peaked overnight Wednesday into the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 13, was slated to be pretty spectacular, touted as the one of the best of the year by NASA, with up to 100 meteors per hour and the promise of little glare from the moon (it’s a new moon this week, meaning very little actual, visible moon in the sky).

Judging from the photos, the light show didn’t disappoint.

The best come from the darkest places, with fireball streaks sprinting across the sky amid tiny, twinkling stars. “Each reaches more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it flies through the atmosphere at 133,200 mph, and leaves a glowing trail of agitated particles in its wake,” notes Space.com. “It’s that trail that’s visible in the night sky, not the debris itself — the meteoroids are mostly the size of sand grains, although they can reach pea- or marble-sized on occasion.”

Click for more information about the shower itself, and for an out-of-this-world treat, click through the photos above.

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