The Starry Skies: The Heavens as the Cover, the Land as the Bed

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Who is so lucky, as to sleep under the stars? This is Linzhi Mountain in Yushan National Park Altitude: 2,500 meters; direction: facing south. Waiting for night to fall The target: The Southern Cross Above Guan Mountain These four bright stars make up the Southern Cross, which can be found on the flags of Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil. By June, temperatures in Taiwan can easily reach 30 degrees Celsius and above. Yet atop the mountain, the temperature drops by 15 degrees. From a quiet location on Linzhi Mountain, you can see Yushan’s main and northern peaks. And you can see that stars have colors. Betelgeuse on Orion’s right shoulder emits an orange shine Sirius in Canis Major radiates brilliant blue And Procyon of Canis Minor shimmers in lily-white To see the purest starry sky... You must be far away from headlights and streetlights Within the unpolluted air of the mountain’s summit And away from clamorous crowds Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon form the famous Winter Triangle, a projection of the Giza Pyramids onto the winter sky. A time lapse of photos taken one after another, of the revolving Northern Star and sky.

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