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
Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
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