This morning I woke up reaaallly early to see the Orionid meteor shower, an annual event "created when Earth passes through trails of comet debris left in space long ago by Halley's Comet."
Shooting stars made of burning comet dust. So small: grain-of sand to pea-sized, and so far away, yet visible against our enormous dark sky. If you don't blink.
How amazing is it that these tiny particles are revealed to us in such a big way? It makes me wonder about all the less visible but ultimately momentous things we might miss if we're not looking. I don't want to miss any of them.
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