I love meteor showers, there is a small one at the moment (Eta Aquarids),
Question, if they are the “stars falling” when I have sat for a few hours watching the Perseids in August and they are falling at 30-50 an hour (200-500 apparently in a good year) why isn’t there a gap in the star field, why are all the constellations still intact?
Incidentally, from observation (very zetetic) they don’t reach the ground, in all my years of watching them not one has reached the ground, try going out tonight and having a look there may be a few left over and nothing beats direct observation.