Outdoors.
Away from city lights.
At night.
The previous answer does not answer the question. I live in Wichita KS. I don't know where the absolute best place is as I am looking for the same place. However, north of any city is a good place to start. Most meteor showers in our latitude come from the north, so any time you are looking for one, having city lights in the opposite direction is a good start. I usually go to a dirt road about 3 miles east of camp hawk disc Golf course in Newton KS. It is dark, and no one drives down that road until about 5 am, so plenty of good meteor watchin times. Unless you mind cows. That's where I'll be for the draconids shower this year. Hopefully it will be a good one. Hope you see this answer and it helps you. Don
Comet Swift-Tuttle
The Perseid meteor shower is best seen between about 2 AM and dawn, any day from August 9 to August 16 or so. The peak of the shower is in the pre-dawn hours of August 13.
Eclipses are visible, generally, only in certain locations. Meteor showers, however, affect the entire planet, and are generally a day or two long. The Perseid meteor shower is happening now, and will continue for a day or two more.
The Perseid meteors are associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle. As the comet comes close to the sun, it starts to melt, and it leaves a trail of rocks and other debris behind. As the Earth passes through this trail, there is increased meteor activity as the rocks left behind by the comet hit the atmosphere. Links can be found below.
Yes. Meteor showers are annual and planet-wide, and not limited to a particular continent or locality.
a meteor shower
The Perseid Meteor Shower occurs in mid-August each year.
Perseid
The Perseid meteor shower occurs between August 10 and August 13 every year.
Comet Swift-Tuttle
The Daily Orbit - 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower 1-234 was released on: USA: 7 August 2013
The Perseid meteor shower is best seen between about 2 AM and dawn, any day from August 9 to August 16 or so. The peak of the shower is in the pre-dawn hours of August 13.
The Perseid Meteor Shower occurs in August. The Leonid Meteor Shower occurs in November.
Eclipses are visible, generally, only in certain locations. Meteor showers, however, affect the entire planet, and are generally a day or two long. The Perseid meteor shower is happening now, and will continue for a day or two more.
That's not how meteor showers work. They don't "hit" specific places; they're visible pretty much everywhere the sky is dark. Tonight (August 13, 2011) is near the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
Perhaps you are thinking of the Perseid Meteor Shower which is active in mid-August. It is visible all across the Northern Hemisphere.
The peak is on the 12th of August, but you will see them on the nights for at least a week before and after that, but not as many as on the peak night.