A meteor streaks past the faint band of the Milky Way galaxy above the Wyoming countryside north of Cheyenne, Wyo., during a Perseids meteor shower on Aug. 13, 2013. (Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
A meteor streaks past the faint band of the Milky Way galaxy above the Wyoming countryside north of Cheyenne, Wyo., during a Perseids meteor shower on Aug. 13, 2013. (Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle)