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On Tuesday, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published a photo by Czech photographer Jakub Kuřák titled "Perseids from Perseus" as the Astronomical Image of the Day. The image was created in a time-lapse over less than a week and shows the maximum of the Perseid meteor shower at Jizerka in the Jizerské Mountains.

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Spain starred on August 12th in an astronomical event of first level where all eyes were directed to the sky to contemplate a total eclipse of the sun that was not only the first of an unusual Iberian trio — it will be repeated in 2027 and in 2028 although the latter will be nullified — but also an extraordinarily unlikely phenomenon for a territory as small as the Peninsula. An eclipse that left impressive images for the time in which it occurr…

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This year was very favorable for the Perseid meteor shower. One of the main reasons was that the Moon did not illuminate the night sky above Earth, so more meteors were visible than usual. This beauty was captured by Czech photographer Petr Kuřák, who was awarded a NASA award for his work.