MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway this week. The sky show peaks on Saturday night into Sunday morning.

In its orbit around the sun, the Earth is cutting into a trail of debris left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. Most of this debris is no larger than pebbles, and it enters Earth’s atmosphere at speeds of up to 44 miles per second.

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The meteor showers are best seen in dark skies in the countryside, from a shortly after midnight through morning twilight. During the pre-dawn peak on Sunday morning, you may see over 50 meteors or “shooting stars” an hour.