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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Perseid meteor over VLT telescopes. Time-lapse image of a streak of light (centre left) caused by a Perseid meteor burning up in the Earth's atmosphere. The Milky Way is also seen, arching above the telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Meteor showers occur regularly each year when the Earth crosses the orbit of cometary debris. The Perseid shower is associated with the Swift-Tuttle comet, reaching its peak around 12 August each year. Operated by the ESO (European Southern Observatory), the powerful VLT interferometer is located on Cerro Paranal at an altitude of 2600 metres. Photographed on the night of 13-14 August 2010.

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