Two meteor showers will be visible in Cuba over the next few days.

Two meteor showers will coincide at the end of this month of July and will extend into August. They are the Delta Aquariids meteor shower, which reached its peak this Tuesday morning, and this year, it will coincide with a smaller second meteor shower: the Alpha Capricornids. Both will be visible in Cuba.

The Delta Aquariids occur every year in late summer in North America, and although their peak activity this year took place early Tuesday morning, the shower will last until August 21, according to the American Meteor Society.

The forecast is for between 15 and 20 meteors visible per hour in the northern hemisphere, under dark skies, with a prediction that visibility should be better even in the southern hemisphere.

Almost at the same time, the Alpha Capricornids meteor shower should produce about five meteors per hour and last until August 15.

What we know as a meteor shower is nothing more and nothing less than the friction of meteors with atmospheric gases, which burn and vaporize, appearing bright for a fraction of a second.

It is commonly known as "shooting stars" or Tears of Saint Lawrence, due to its proximity to August 10, the day of the Spanish martyr Saint Lawrence.

Although the event can be seen anywhere in the sky, it is recommended to direct your gaze towards the darker areas, in the opposite direction to the position of the Moon.