Perseid meteor shower: Guardian readers' best pictures

Composition over 4 hours of the Perseids meteor shower taken in Chelmsford Photograph: stokes_jamie/ GuardianWitness

Long exposure shot showing at least one Perseid meteor Photograph: JBCC/ GuardianWitness

'A shooting star streaks across the sky over the archaeological site Stobi, some 110 km south from the capitol Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, early 13 August 2013' Photograph: Nake Batev/ GuardianWitness

Perseid meteor spotted over Worthing, West Sussex at 2.45am on 13 August, 2013 Photograph: Duncan Richards/ GuardianWitness

'Enjoyed the lightshow from a windswept Cornish clifftop in the early hours. Nothing like the Atlantic chill and sitting on a pile of gorse to keep you awake' Photograph: ID023915/ GuardianWitness

Perseids meteor seen from Guernsey at 2.53am on 13 August, 2013
Photograph: oleclos

Perseid Meteor near New Orleans USA late evening 12 August, 2013 Photograph: FrankM/ GuardianWitness

Perseid meteor shower over Galloway Dark Skies Park Photograph: haefinite/ GuardianWitness

Taken in Wishaw, Birmingham. 'There is a perseid in the top right and one bottom left, don't get them confused with the plane trails though!' Photograph: Tim Cornbill/ GuardianWitness

'Interesting colour change along trail. Image developed and cropped in Lightroom 4, no Photoshopping!' Photograph: John Oates/ GuardianWitness