The once-a-year summer meteor shower is reaching its zenith, and we’re in for a cosmic spectacle… weather permitting.

The Perseid meteor shower is dazzling the August skies once again this weekend.

Last week, we told you to keep an eye out for the Perseid meteor shower. Tonight and tomorrow will be the best nights for this year’s show, as up to 50-80 meteors an hour will reach Earth and burn up into fireballs in the atmosphere. You may see them as early as dusk — but for the real show, stay up late and watch until the early morning on both nights.

Aurorae and meteors light up the sky this week. Let’s discuss the unusually low curtains of light first, and then you can skip below the fold for our annual August meteor shower.

Since many of you will already be out tonight at Fort Reno or Screen on the Green, go ahead and tilt your head upwards to catch an even more spectacular show. The Perseid meteor shower has actually been appearing for a couple weeks already, as debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle burns up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere, but tonight is special as it reaches its annual peak. The best part about meteor showers is that…