2025-06-1 Dolomites, Italy with Light & Land
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Clouds
Leaving home flight. Interesting lines of clouds.
CRJ 700, AA 4957, San Angelo to DFW, Texas, June 15, 2025
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Hilton Garden Inn
An extra day to rest up for the tour.
Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Olive Tree
Olea europaea - old tree, heavily cut back.
Hilton Garden Inn, Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus
Hilton Garden Inn, Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Boats
Canals lead out to the Venice Lagoon.
Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Field Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis - there were some plants with light pink flowers.
Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Ogliano
Driving Photo, Conegliano, Venice Mestre to Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Immacolata
We stopped in this town for lunch.
Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Cafe Torre 2
Our lunch spot. Not all restaurants were open, waiting for the busy winter skiing season.
Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Driving Photo
Back on the road in the beginning of the mountains.
Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Castello Lavazzo
Driving Photo
Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Tunnel
Driving Photo - this mountainous region has many tunnels.
Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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First View, Pale Alps
Driving Photo - Dolomites is the common name for the region.
Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Pale Alps
Driving Photo
Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Pale Alps
Driving Photo
Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Pale Alps
The room had a balcony with a view over the top of buildings across the street.
Hotel Alaska #502, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Pale Alps
Hotel Alaska #502, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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2026 Winter Olympics Construction
A lot of construction all over town.
Hotel Alaska #502, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Antennas
Hotel Alaska #502, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
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Sass de Stria
Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Mt Lagazuoi
Our gondola ride took us to the top of the peak.
Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station
Only two gondolas operate on these very long, steep cables, one going up, the other going down steadily.
Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Chapel
Little chapels are common.
Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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View toward Cinque Torri
Cinque Torri is on the left on the ridge closest is the view.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Pale di San Martino
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Mt Marmolada
Mt Marmolada has the only glacier in the Dolomites. There is a ski lift and a ski run visible on the glacier.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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View
There is a snow machine and ski run sign down the slope.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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White War (WW1) Position
1915–1918, on the mountain front, two thirds of the dead were victims of the elements and the terrain required huge numbers of porters to supply positions.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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White War (WW1) Position
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White War (WW1) Position
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Purple Saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Fanis Group
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Round-leaved Pennycress
Thlaspi rotundifolium
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Round-leaved Pennycress
Thlaspi rotundifolium
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Kaiser Jager Trail
A communication way of the Austrian soldiers during WW1, steep and scary.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Valley & Sass de Stria
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Alpine Choughs
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Settsass
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Road
Switchbacks and tunnels are common in the mountains.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Piccolo Lagazuoi
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Rifugio Lagazuoi
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Destroyed Peak (WW1)
The flat spot in the center of the photo had a peak that was a military position. Combatants tunneled below the position and with explosives destroyed the peak and military position.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Lichen
Xanthoria calcicola
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Sella View
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Debbie
The viewpoint is a great spot.
Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Peak
I can't find a name for this peak.
Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Peak
Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Round-leaved Pennycress
Thlaspi rotundifolium
Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Yellow Whitlow-grass
Draba aizoides
Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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White War (WW1) Position
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Blue Moor Grass
Sesleria caerulea
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Alpine Thrift
Ameria alpina - faded flowers.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Walkway
Built around small, steep peak to make access to Piccolo Lagazuoi easier.
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Chairlift to Cinque Torri
Our second location of the day.
Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Cinque Torri
Five Towers
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Tofana di Rozes
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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View
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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View
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Globe Flowers
Trollius europaeus
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Moss Campion
Silene acaulis
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Spring Gentian
Gentiana verna
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Mountain Avens
Dryas octopetala
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Globe Flower
Trollius europaeus
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Panorama
Cinque Torri, Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Hiking Trail
A zig-zag trail up the slope has two people on the upper level.
Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Huge Boulders
Cinque Torri, Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Chairlift from Cinque Torri
After a nice lunch and time around Cinque Torri, we head down.
Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Cortina d'Ampezzo
Driving Photo
Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Basilica Minore dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Main Street
A major skiing town, there are a lot of hotels.
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Shades of Blue
Our third location of the day.
Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Chapel
Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Trumpet Gentians
Gentiana acaulis
Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Ra Gusela
Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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View
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Peaks
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Croda da Lago
Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Alpenrose
Rhododendron ferrugineum
Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Detail
The crack between the peaks caught my eye.
Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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Sun Shafts
Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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View
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2025-06-19#5416 Dusk, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy
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2025-06-19#6677 Dusk, Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy
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2025-06-19#0054 Dusk, Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy
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2025-06-19#0116 Sunset, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy
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2025-06-19#6681 Dusk, Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy
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2025-06-19#6691 Trollius europaeus - Globe Flower, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy
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