A Meteor Over the Anza Borrego Desert . ... Credit Copyright: Jerry Schad ( SDMC ) Explanation: Meteors will be flashing across your skies over the next two nights . Specifically, the Perseid Meteor Shower should be at its best just before each morning's dawn. ... Pictured above is a meteor from the most active meteor shower of last year: the Leonids . Pictured above , a Leonid meteor was caught in November outshining even the brightest stars over the Anza-Borrego Desert in California. ...