The "fireball champion" of all annual meteor showers delighted plenty of spectators all over the world earlier this week. This year's Perseid meteor shower peaked on Aug. 12 and 13 with 60 to 100 shooting stars piercing the night sky.

Many people were able to capture the annual light show. Here are few of the best photos from this year's Perseid meteor shower. 

This particular photo was taken over Chickamauga, Ga., on Aug. 11, 2013, at 2:14:49 a.m. EDT. 

Shot by nate2b and posted on Flickr, the above photo was taken at Joshua Tree National Park in Yucca Valley, Calif. It was taken Aug. 12.

Those in the U.S. were not the only spectators able to see the Perseid meteor shower this year. This photo was taken by Tiziano Caviglia in San Bartolomeo del Bosco in Liguria, Italy on Aug. 11 and posted on his Twitter account.

In Belgium, photographer Tom Davidson was able to capture the meteor shower above the Horst Castle near Leuven, Belgium. The photo was taken Aug. 13 and posted on his Flickr site.

Finally, here is a work of art capturing the Perseid meteor shower this year. The photo below is actually a composite of 22 meteor images. The images were captured within 7 hours of each other. David Kingham, the photographer and the creator of the image says on his Flickr account that he shot from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. Kingham also incorporated one image taken at sunrise in the foreground in his creation. The images were shot at Snowy Range, Wyo. 

The Perseid meteor shower originates from Comet Swift-Turtle, says NASA. Every year during mid August, the Perseid meteoroids hit the Earth's atmosphere at 132,000 miles per hour. The result is an annual light show of shooting stars which has become a favorite of many.

Ever since 2008, the Perseids have produced more fireballs than any other annual meteor shower. NASA says that for every fireball that streaks out of Perseus, there are dozens more ordinary meteors.