CABO ROJO, Puerto Rico – A photographer waiting to see the ongoing Perseid meteor shower was caught by surprise when a stray fireball came zooming across the night sky.

Puerto Rico researcher and photographer Frankie Lucena said he was hoping to spot some Perseids over Cabo Rojo in the pre-dawn hours Monday when a bright fireball shot across his field of view.

The Perseid meteor shower is underway, and the peak happens from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

"This fireball appeared while I was trying to record Perseid meteors," Lucena told Storyful. Because the fireball’s trajectory was not the same as the Perseid meteor shower, Lucena said, "it is considered a stray."

This dependable meteor shower comes from Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle and produces about 25 meteors per hour. Under dark

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