There’s An Incredible Meteor Shower Happening Again This Summer And Indiana Has A Front Row Seat

It's that wonderful time of year again in which nature's "fireflies from space" light up the night sky in the form of the Perseids. It's one of our top favorite celestial events of the year, and for good reason: the Perseid shower is one of the more prolific meteor showers, often showcasing at least one meteor per minute - many of which are incredible fireballs. Hoping to catch the meteor shower in Indiana this year? Totally doable - weather permitting, of course.

The Perseid meteor shower officially became visible to Earthlings on July 14, and they'll continue until August 24.

The peak of the shower - the most splendid part in which sometimes you can see up to 100 meteors an hour - occurs around August 12th, year after year, and 2021 is no different.

The best nights (or should we say mornings) to view the peak are during the early hours of August 11th, 12th, and 13th, between 2 a.m. and sunrise.

The Perseids shower occurs annually when Earth passes through the debris cloud caused by the comet Swift-Tuttle. As bits of debris enter Earth's atmosphere they, burn up, resulting in the meteors we see streaking across the heavens.

Differently composed debris results in different-colored lights streaking across our field of vision, and sometimes we're even treated to fireball meteors, which are particularly bright and brilliant and tend to linger for a few seconds longer than most.

The Perseids meteor shower in Indiana will go on as it does every year, and should weather allow it, we'll have a front-row seat again to one of the best shows nature has to offer. It's best to go outside about 20 minutes before you plan on seeing anything up above; allow your eyes to adjust to the dark for the best possible experience.

Hopefully, the sky will cooperate and cloud cover will be minimal, if there's any at all.

Sometimes it works out! Indiana isn't the rainiest state, but sometimes it does kind of seem like it rains only on dates during which something interesting is happening up above. Pretty inconvenient timing, if you ask us, but we digress.

After all, it can't be cloudy all the time.

Hoping for some more amazing things to watch in the night sky this year? You're in luck! Hoosiers should check out this list of 12 nighttime events in 2021 - many of which have yet to happen!

What was the most amazing night sky event you've ever witnessed? Tell us all about it in the comments!