How to tell the direction in the wild

geese and ants fly south in autumn, and the nest faces south. The tree rings can also be distinguished. The rings are wide facing south and dense facing north, because the south grows faster than the north. The moon is a crescent moon on the third day of the third year. At sunset, it is low in the west. Just after the sun goes down, the moon rises in the east. In the absence of topographic maps, compass and other equipment, we should learn to use some characteristics of nature to determine the direction, one is with the help of tools, the other is with the help of natural characteristics. At the same time, introduce the method of distinguishing time. Identifying the direction in the wild means that if you get lost in the wild, people must be calm, ensure that their thinking and actions are not chaotic, and ensure their own safety, then identify the direction through their own knowledge or experience, carefully observe the surrounding environment, and find the right direction with some auxiliary tools.

Outdoor travel has been favored by many tourists and has become an irresistible fashion. However, if you travel in the wild carelessly, you will easily get lost. When traveling abroad, especially adventure travel, when traveling to a completely strange place, especially when the sky is dark and foggy in the wilderness, some people tend to turn dizzy and can't tell the difference between east, west, north and south, which will bring difficulties to tourism and also be dangerous. In this case, you must not be flustered and anxious. As long as you observe the surrounding scenery calmly, you will find many signs to identify the direction in nature. In outdoor activities, such as geological survey, mountain climbing, hiking, exploration, tourism, etc., in order to prevent getting lost and correctly determine the location and direction, we must master the positioning and lateral methods. In nature, some animals have the instinct to tell the direction, such as pigeons, and some members of human beings also have this ability, but most people do not have it, or only have this potential, so determining the direction in the field mainly depends on experience and tools. You can find a stump in the forest and identify the direction according to its annual rings, because its annual rings are always wide in the south and narrow in the weak side; You can observe an independent tree, with lush foliage on the south side and sparse foliage on the north side. You can tell the direction according to the ant's cave. Because most of the holes of mother ants face south; Where there are many rocks, you can also find an eye-catching rock to observe. The moss-covered side of the rock is the north side, and the dry and bare side is the south side. On a starry night, we can identify the direction according to the stars: first, find the Big Dipper in the sky, along its "spoon handle", find the sixth and seventh stars, and connect the two stars into a straight line according to the mathematical principle that two points determine a straight line, and find a brighter Polaris on the extension line of this line. From the "spoon handle" to the brighter Polaris, it just indicates the direction from south to north. If it is in winter, due to sunshine, the part where snow is difficult to melt always faces north. In addition, there are temples, pagodas, and general houses, most of which face south, while Islamic mosque doors open east. In addition, Polaris is used to judge the direction, the natural wind direction in each season, the surface morphology of desert dunes and so on.