The above photo is of the 1966 meteor storm. It should be spectacular just about everywhere on Earth, it all depends on local weather conditions and time of observation mostly.
November 18, 1999: According to preliminary data reported by the International Meteor Organization and the Leonids Environment Operations Center, there was an intense outburst of Leonid meteors over Europe and the Middle East on Thursday morning, November 18. Maximum activity was recorded around 0200 UT as the Earth passed through the debris stream of comet Tempel-Tuttle. "We observed many, many, many Leonids falling from the sky," said Casper ter Kuile of the Dutch Meteor Society, who was working with a team of observers located between Valencia and Alicante in Spain. "Our experienced visual observers counted about 30 Leonids per minute!"
The Leonids are more like a spiral of material left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle, and Earth just sails through part of the stream once a year. For 1999, this would be the view for particles unfortunate enough to have our planet in their way. It also shows why the Middle East and Eastern Europe would be the best place to observe.
Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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