STARGAZERS had their eyes and lenses pointed skywards over the weekend as meteors rained down.

The annual Perseid meteor shower put on a spectacular display on Saturday and Sunday night as the earth flew through a cloud of cometary dust.

The Perseid meteors, shed by comet Swift-Tuttle, are a recurring August phenomenon and are among the brightest of all shooting stars.

The multi-coloured streaks are so called because the radiant (the point they appear to come from) is within the constellation Perseus – a Greek hero and slayer of monsters.

But some wanting to photograph them had to head away from Swindon, because of light pollution, to get their pictures.

Jack Smith was at Cotswold Water Country Park and Moulden Hill car park in the early hours on Sunday to catch views of the shower passing through, posting his pictures in the Swindon Camera Club Facebook group.

April Fitchett-Jones went to Telbenny in Pembrokeshire while Dominika Olszewska was pleased with the shots she got in North Wales.

To post pictures in our Facebook group, and chat with other members, search for Swindon Camera Club or click bit.ly/2ozdkAM