The Glows of KilimanjaroWhile an electric-lighted line of mountain climbers snakes toward it, a meteor streaks over Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro in a photograph released Monday.Similar shows dazzled Northern Hemisphere stargazers Thursday night and early Friday as the Perseid meteor shower peaked and the moon waned, allowing shooting stars to shine brighter.(Perseid Pictures: Meteor Shower Dazzles Every August.)
Photograph by Kwan O. Chul, TWAN

Space Photos This Week: Meteor, Epic Iceberg, and More

Catch a shooting star, a tweet-happy NASA robot, Earth's biggest iceberg, and more in our picks of the week's best space pictures.

August 14, 2010