Back... Southern Sky Emu [Southern Sky] - [The Giant Emu] - [Constellations] Image credit: Museum of Victoria, Scienceworks On an autumn or winter's evening, when the Milky Way from Sagittarius to the Southern Cross is high in the sky, find a location away from lights. Then you will see that the dark clouds of the Milky Way form the shape of a giant emu, slain and layed out, ready for the campfire.