Back up and Restore to make a copy of DB on another server

I am trying to make a copy of a database on a dev server. I was going to back up the Prod DB on the Prod Server and Restore it on the Dev Server. When I open the backup dialog, and select a Destination on disk it shows the disk drives on the Prod Server.
These are different than the drives I see on the Dev Server. It doesn't look like I can browse to a directory outside the server. Don't I need a destination that is available to both Servers? How do I set this up? Can I use my desktop machine?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike

Create a shared folder on dev server and simply use backup statement and provide disk=\\devserver\backup path.
BACKUPDATABASE Proddb TODISK='\\devserver\backup\Proddb.bak'http://sql-articles.com/articles/general/backup-sql-database-to-remote-location/

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