If you were hoping to see some fireballs in the sky this summer, this might be the best time and place to do it.

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the biggest and best meteor showers on the calendar, is back and ready to put on a show. While the meteor shower officially takes place between July 14 and Sept. 1 every year, it typically peaks between Aug. 9 and 13, when stargazers under dark skies can see 60-100 meteors per hour.

That’s no issue in Oregon, which is home to some of the darkest skies in the country. Our state is home to several officially designated Dark Sky Places , including Dark Sky Parks, Dark Sky Communities and Dark Sky Sanctuaries, which are determined by DarkSky International , an organization that says it is dedicated to protecting the nighttime environment a

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