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Perseid meteor shower rains 'shooting stars' over Stonehenge in glorious astrophotography image

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U.K.-based astrophotographer Josh Dury captured stunning image of Perseid meteors at Stonehenge , England .

Dury combined 43 exposures of shooting stars with a deep image of the background sky.

The Perseids are one of the year 's most prolific meteor showers.

The meteor showers occur when Earth moves through a cloud of rocky debris left in our planet's path by a comet.