Day trip to Hong Kong Island Northeast 12-23-20

柴湾缐
柴灣 货物装卸湾
货物装卸湾
货物装卸湾 平治港岛品牌中心
货物装卸湾 平治港岛品牌中心
新巴創富道車廠
白沙湾
白沙湾 – 將军澚
照鏡環山
鯉魚門
鯉魚門
輋頂村 魔鬼山
往祥民道
落东区走廊
顺泰道
東區尤德夫人那打素醫院 Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital access road
北角东区走廊
北角东区走廊 North Point Promenade, ferry pier
Night Heron
Quite a few night herons at the pier
糖水道码头
西堤
新渡轮
Harbour Cruise
北角
港島北
啟德跑道區
马头角
海心公园
海心公园 是位于香港九龙土瓜湾落山道的一座公园,于1972年正式启用,设施包括一座位于海中央的海心亭、两个五人硬地足球场及儿童游乐场等。
鱼尾石、海心石
马头角
九能城渡輪碼頭
一条往来北角的渡轮航线行走,由新渡轮经营

A new species of Fordiophyton (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae) from Yunnan, China

金平分水岭国家级自然保护区发现了野牡丹科异药花属的一个新物种, 科学家们详细描述了该物种的形态、生长环境等,并基于ITS序列对其进行了系统发育分析。该物种具四数花和8个二型雄蕊,药隔基部鼓起但无距。上述形态特征及系统发育分析结果皆显示,这种植物为野牡丹科异药花属的成员。形态观察及比较显示,该种植物的叶片生于植株基部,茎短但具明显的节间,叶柄被长柔毛,无翅,具伞形花序,不同于异药花属所有已知物种的性状组合,因此认为它代表了一个未被描述的物种,遂取名金平异药花。

Long March-8 makes successful maiden flight

China’s new generation medium-sized launch vehicle Long March-8 made a successful maiden flight from the tropical island province of Hainan in South China on Tuesday, sending five satellites into designated orbit at the same time. 
The 50.3-meter-long Long March-8 has a 3.35-meter-diameter core stage and two 2.25-meter-diameter side boosters. Weighing 356 tons at launch, it has a 480-ton take-off thrust and is capable of sending payloads weighing more than 4.5 tons into the SSO 700 kilometers above the ground.
A rocket engine needs to be throttleable to achieve zero velocity at the same time as it reaches the ground, which is a core technological requirement for building a reusable launch vehicle system.
This technology was tested for the first time in the Long March-8 maiden flight, which is also an experimental flight for the new rocket type, paving the way for further study and development for the reusable rocket system.

China’s Antarctic expedition joins medevac operation to get ill Australian home

A complex international operation in Antarctica is under way to medevac an Australian expeditioner with help from China and the United States.
The Australian Antarctic Programme said on Monday that two separate ice runways were being built as part of a complex operation to transfer the patient from Australia’s Davis research station in the Antarctic back home to Australia.
A helicopter from the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long 2 helped fly a team of five, along with more than 1 tonne of equipment, to the ski landing area by Davis late on Sunday. A Chinese helicopter will also be used to transfer the Australian patient to the runway inland of Davis station.