11 stunning photos and videos of the Perseid Meteor Shower in Metro Vancouver

The Perseid Meteor Shower reached its peak last night, Wednesday, August 12, and Vancouverites headed out to some of the city’s best dark spaces to check out the astronomical show. Those who brought their cameras captured this annual natural event for all to see.

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Below are 11 photos of the shower caught by some local photography buffs – scroll to the end for a spectacular time-lapse video.

It was rocking out last night! I can’t wait to get a wide angle lense. #perseids

A photo posted by Matthew Do (@mattdo86) on Aug 13, 2015 at 10:36am PDT

Double wishes. Last night I was on top of the Chief trying to photograph the Perseids meteor shower at their peak. It was a bit hazy and not quite dark enough with the lights from squamish and vancouver visible, but I got lucky with this capture. #outdoor #squamish #chief #starscapes #stars #instadaily #nature #explorebc #lookup #perseids #deepsky #nightexposure #seatosky #meteorshower #lightpollution #insta #longexposure #stawamuschief #outside #wish #skypilot #dreams #space #outside #camping #night A photo posted by Richard (@richie.so) on Aug 13, 2015 at 7:55am PDT

#perseid #meteorshower #meteor #squamish #vancouver #astrophotography #astronomy #landscape #longexposure #travel #instagood #fun

A photo posted by Daring Nomad???? (@daringnomad) on Aug 13, 2015 at 12:49pm PDT

We don’t usually post videos on our feed, but both of us really enjoyed putting this little clip together. Hard to believe that this is a Timelapse of almost 300 photos in just over 10 seconds. The results are always well worth the effort though

A video posted by Karina & Amir (@vanexusphotography) on Aug 12, 2015 at 6:01pm PDT