The Gemenid meteor shower generally radiates from the constellation Gemini, which is visible roughly from the northeast after sunset. However, most meteor showers do not peak until after midnight, and it doesn't really matter which direction you look.
For best viewing conditions, go out into the country, as city lights make it difficult to see any but the brightest meteors. Lay down and look up. The Gemenids are an "iffy" sort of meteor shower in the northern hemisphere, because of the typically inclement weather.
The Quadrantid meteor shower normally occurs between January 2 and January 4. You can get advance notice of upcoming meteor showers at spaceweather.com.
"Sporadic meteors" can indeed arrive from any direction at any time, unlike meteors in a "meteor shower". A meteor shower arrives from a direction called the radiant, and it if is low in the sky it is possible for a meteor to appear to travel upwards, although in 3D it is always travelling downwards. A useful model is driving in a snow storm. The flakes appear to radiate from a point ahead and just above the horizontal.
No one has died as result of a meteor shower.
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The best time to view a meteorite shower depends on the specific meteor shower and your location. Generally, it is best to look toward the constellation from which the meteor shower originates. You can check online for specific information about the meteor shower schedule and position in the sky during its peak.
The leonid vandeski (Leonids Meteor Shower) is a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle
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When a meteor shower is in progress, it's visible from the entire night side of the earth. Search "meteor shower" on line for the dates of meteor showers expected in the near future.
October 21, 22 - Orionids Meteor Shower.
The particles in a meteor shower are generally solid, until they smack into the Earth's atmosphere and actually become a "meteor shower". The meteor generally explodes, or vaporizes, or becomes plasma - but there are often still parts of the meteor that remain solid and impact the Earth.
Meteor Shower - TV series - was created on 2009-08-08.
Meteor Shower - TV series - ended on 2010-08-30.
By looking at the sky.
Lana Lang's parents were killed in the meteor shower.
The Perseid Meteor Shower occurs in mid-August each year.
The Perseid Meteor Shower occurs in August. The Leonid Meteor Shower occurs in November.
A meteor shower.