On February 20th, the sky was clear. At about 8 pm (back to Beijing), I saw Orion a little south (nearly two o'clock)-if the horizon is 0 degrees and the nose is 90 degrees, then Orion is about 70 degrees, that is, close to the nose. How do I remember it was about 45 degrees before? (Maybe I read it wrong), especially knowing that it is above New Zealand's head, I think it should be at a lower angle, not close to 90 degrees. I can't imagine that the distance from Beijing to Auckland is more than 10 thousand kilometers, which is only 20 degrees in the sky. The universe is too big, too big to be true.
Speaking of Orion, I remember that the flags of Australia and New Zealand all have the pattern of Southern Cross. I didn't pay attention to the position of the Southern Cross in the sky before, but when the tour guide told us that the star next to the word "meter" in their national flag represented the Southern Cross, I felt a little familiar. The Southern Cross stars in Australia (left) and New Zealand (right) are slightly different due to different positions, and what they see is only slightly different-Australia can see five stars, but New Zealand can't see the little star in the middle of the right.
I also thought of the national emblem of Australia from the national flag.
There are two kinds of animals in the national emblem of Australia: kangaroos and emus. They are all unique to Australia. Some people may ask, Emu's popularity is far less than koala's. Why didn't koala enter the national emblem? In fact, koalas are lazy animals, and they may sleep for three quarters of the time in 24 hours a day. How can such an animal be a symbol of the country and the nation? Kangaroos and emus are unique to Australia, and there is another important reason: they will not retreat, but will only run forward. This is the intention as a pattern element of the national emblem!