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Stargazing.

stargazing
noun star·gaz·ing \ ˈstär-ˌgā-ziŋ \

1 a : the act or practice of a stargazer
2 b : the quality or state of being absentminded

It's all perfectly visible and unnaturally still. One would think it's impossible to miss a huge shining beam flying across the night sky, even if only for a few instants.

The thing is, it's all too much. The sky is so huge that it's impossible to look at the entirety of it if you're stuck on Earth. And while you're looking north, searching for the tiniest shimmer, hundreds of shooting stars could be flying right below, south. And you would never notice it, you would never ever know.

Sure, if you're lucky enough, you could be looking at the right spot. But it's very unlikely. Most people settle with seeing something bright in the corner of their eye and convincing themselves it was a shooting star.

But after all, isn't there much more in the night skies that shooting stars? Theres constellations, there are whole galaxies, there's Venus and sometimes Mars becomes visible. Little dots of light you can clearly see moving, even if no one believes you, but you don't question them because it's late and you're not quite in the mood for aliens tonight.

So, in the end, does it really matter if you don't see the shooting star?

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