Who doesn't love spotting the occasional shooting star streaking across a starry skies. Over the years I've been lucky enough to spot quite a few. Thanks to growing up in a small village at the foothills of the Nilgiri, aka Blue, Mountains in southern India. Its always a special moment spotting those random shooting stars. Neither planned nor predicted they just show up unannounced and makes you feel lucky. Lucky to be looking up at the sky at the exact moment a meteor decides to crash and burn on our planets atmosphere. Guess thats why they say that you should make a wish when you spot a shooting star, luck must be on your side albeit for just that fleeting moment.
A meteor shower on the other hand is a totally different experience. One one hand it takes away the serendipity of spotting a random shooting star and replaces it with the boring law of averages, stare at the sky long enough during a meteor shower and u are bound to spot a few shooting stars. So the question it, does that take away the magic ?
