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The Perseids of 2010 may already have reached their peak, but they will probably linger for a few days yet, and the same advice works for any meteor shower.

Go out to the darkest place you can find, away from city lights. Around Oakland, CA, that's going to be TOUGH! You may find some suitably dark areas in Marin County north of San Francisco, or in the Altamont Pass between Livermore and Tracy. You'll want to get a mile or more away from the freeway. Find a fairly level area, not forested, and somewhere higher in elevation than the Bay is. (You often get fog or haze down near sea level, especially around the Bay or the rivers.)

Look up starting around 2 AM, until dawn. Any night of the year, you'll see a few meteors; during one of the known meteor showers, you might see dozens or hundreds per hour.

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