Meteor shower lights up skies over Bosnia

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STORY: Look carefully and you’ll see the Perseid meteor shower

Locator: Lastavica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

These photographers have come to a remote mountaintop to capture it

(Elmedin Mehic / Professional photographer and journalist)

“I'm a professional photographer. Last few years I am shooting this phenomenon. I am here gathering with my friends. And I think this night will be amazing because we don't have so much cloud, especially in this area where are we going to watch Perseids. So let's hope it will be good.”

“Now we are on the Lastavica mountain, in central Bosnia, near Zenica. And it's very dark and wild area. There's a lot of wild animals. And it's very, very dark, so this is the best location for us to take some shots.”

Meteor showers are caused by clouds of debris from comets

They’re named after the point in the sky where they appear to originate

The Perseids get their name from the constellation Perseus