This past weekend, we were expecting disappointing results from the normally promising Perseid meteor shower, especially with the full moon helping to ruin the view.   Hardly a media outlet reported the upcoming shower this year as a result.

Low and behold, we did receive a number of pleasant surprises from our SPACE.com visitors - check out the new gallery of Perseid images collected from some dedicated folks. 

Me, yeah, I was out there.  Not only was I sitting in the dark of night in a boat trying to catch catfish on a South Carolina lake with nothing but a pole, a flashlight and some bug spray (yes, it’s as hard crazy as it sounds), but I was also peering into the night sky searching for something, anything, resembling a meteor shower.   I didn’t spot anything in the sky and the partially overcast skies certainly didn’t help. 

Thank goodness for our great visitors to save the day with such a collection of fun images!  What did you spy in the night sky this past weekend?

disclaimer: I did catch one catfish