Southern Cross

Today's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" features the Southern
Cross. Apparently, it is visible from Hawaii, where the
image above was taken. When I looked at this picture, I
first saw a cross whose long axis is horizontal, but the
real Southern Cross is a smaller asterism whose top-most
star is reddish and whose long axis is vertical.

I think that I have never seen this with my naked eyes. I
was once in Hawaii, for my honeymoon, but I didn't know to
look for it, or whether it was even the right time of year.