The Gorgon´s slayer in greek mythology, Perseus avoided Medusa´s pretrifying gaze by killing her while she was asleep
It´s with Medusa´s snake haired head, that Perseus turns Cetus the sea monster to stone, thus releasing maiden Andromeda.
This constellation of the northern sky, was one of 48 discovered in the II century by the greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer Ptolemy and is one of modern 88.
In late Summer The Perseids, annual meteor showers, radiate from Perseus constellation.
Watch time-lapsed Perseid meteor shower by Photographer Jeff Sullivan
Photographed in August at Eastern Sierra Region (California & Nevada, USA)
In 2012 a new meteor shower called September Epsilon Perseids was discovered
