Part One

  1. Galleries
  2. New Land Trip Photos
  3. 2025-06 Dolomites, Italy with Light & Land
  4. Part One
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  • Clouds
    Clouds
    Leaving home flight.  Interesting lines of clouds.
    CRJ 700, AA 4957, San Angelo to DFW, Texas, June 15, 2025
    2025-06-15#5435
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hilton Garden Inn
    Hilton Garden Inn
    An extra day to rest up for the tour.
    Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6467
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Olive Tree
    Olive Tree
    Olea europaea - old tree, heavily cut back.
    Hilton Garden Inn, Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6469
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rose of Sharon
    Rose of Sharon
    Hibiscus syriacus
    Hilton Garden Inn, Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6470
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Boats
    Boats
    Canals lead out to the Venice Lagoon.
    Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6471
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Common Blue
    Common Blue
    Polyommatus icarus
    Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6473
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Field Bindweed
    Field Bindweed
    Convolvulus arvensis - there were some plants with light pink flowers.
    Venice Mestre San Guiliano, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6475
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ogliano
    Ogliano
    Driving Photo, Conegliano, Venice Mestre to Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6480
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Immacolata
    Chiesa di Santa Maria Immacolata
    We stopped in this town for lunch.
    Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6481
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cafe Torre 2
    Cafe Torre 2
    Our lunch spot.  Not all restaurants were open, waiting for the busy winter skiing season.
    Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6483
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Driving Photo
    Driving Photo
    Back on the road in the beginning of the mountains.
    Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6485
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Castello Lavazzo
    Castello Lavazzo
    Driving Photo
    Longarone, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6487
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tunnel
    Tunnel
    Driving Photo - this mountainous region has many tunnels.
    Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6489
    Larry L. Jackson
  • First View, Pale Alps
    First View, Pale Alps
    Driving Photo - Dolomites is the common name for the region.
    Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6491
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pale Alps
    Pale Alps
    Driving Photo
    Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6493
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  • Pale Alps
    Pale Alps
    Driving Photo
    Longarone to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6496
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  • Pale Alps
    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
    2025-06-18#6497
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pale Alps
    Pale Alps
    Hotel Alaska #502, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6498
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 2026 Winter Olympics Construction
    2026 Winter Olympics Construction
    A lot of construction all over town.
    Hotel Alaska #502, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6499
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Antennas
    Antennas
    Hotel Alaska #502, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, June 18, 2025
    2025-06-18#6501
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  • Sass de Stria
    Sass de Stria
    Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6502
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  • Mt Lagazuoi
    Mt Lagazuoi
    Our gondola ride took us to the top of the peak.
    Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6503
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station
    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
    2025-06-19#6504
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chapel
    Chapel
    Little chapels are common.
    Mt Lagazuoi Gondola Base Station, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6507
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  • View toward Cinque Torri
    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
    2025-06-19#6509
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pale di San Martino
    Pale di San Martino
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6514
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  • Mt Marmolada
    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
    2025-06-19#6515
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    There is a snow machine and ski run sign down the slope.
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6517
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White War (WW1) Position
    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
    2025-06-19#6519
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White War (WW1) Position
    White War (WW1) Position
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6521
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  • White War (WW1) Position
    White War (WW1) Position
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6523
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  • Purple Saxifrage
    Purple Saxifrage
    Saxifraga oppositifolia
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6526
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Painted Lady
    Painted Lady
    Vanessa cardui
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6529
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fanis Group
    Fanis Group
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6532
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Round-leaved Pennycress
    Round-leaved Pennycress
    Thlaspi rotundifolium
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6537
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Round-leaved Pennycress
    Round-leaved Pennycress
    Thlaspi rotundifolium
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6539
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kaiser Jager Trail
    Kaiser Jager Trail
    A communication way of the Austrian soldiers during WW1, steep and scary.
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6544
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Valley & Sass de Stria
    Valley & Sass de Stria
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6545
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  • Alpine Choughs
    Alpine Choughs
    Pyrrhocorax graculus
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6547
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  • Settsass
    Settsass
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6550
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  • Road
    Road
    Switchbacks and tunnels are common in the mountains.
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6552
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  • Piccolo Lagazuoi
    Piccolo Lagazuoi
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6553
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rifugio Lagazuoi
    Rifugio Lagazuoi
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6554
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  • Destroyed Peak (WW1)
    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
    2025-06-19#6558
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lichen
    Lichen
    Xanthoria calcicola
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6561
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sella View
    Sella View
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6564
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie
    Debbie
    The viewpoint is a great spot.
    Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6567
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Peak
    Peak
    I can't find a name for this peak.
    Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6571
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Peak
    Peak
    Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6574
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Round-leaved Pennycress
    Round-leaved Pennycress
    Thlaspi rotundifolium
    Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6575
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow Whitlow-grass
    Yellow Whitlow-grass
    Draba aizoides
    Piccolo Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6577
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White War (WW1) Position
    White War (WW1) Position
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6581
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Moor Grass
    Blue Moor Grass
    Sesleria caerulea
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6586
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  • Alpine Thrift
    Alpine Thrift
    Ameria alpina - faded flowers.
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6587
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Walkway
    Walkway
    Built around small, steep peak to make access to Piccolo Lagazuoi easier.
    Mt Lagazuoi, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6588
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chairlift to Cinque Torri
    Chairlift to Cinque Torri
    Our second location of the day.
    Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6596
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cinque Torri
    Cinque Torri
    Five Towers
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6597
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tofana di Rozes
    Tofana di Rozes
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6598
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6600
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6601
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Globe Flowers
    Globe Flowers
    Trollius europaeus
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6603
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Moss Campion
    Moss Campion
    Silene acaulis
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6609
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spring Gentian
    Spring Gentian
    Gentiana verna
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6613
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mountain Avens
    Mountain Avens
    Dryas octopetala
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6619
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Globe Flower
    Globe Flower
    Trollius europaeus
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6622
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Panorama
    Panorama
    Cinque Torri, Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#3532
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hiking Trail
    Hiking Trail
    A zig-zag trail up the slope has two people on the upper level.
    Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6625
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Huge Boulders
    Huge Boulders
    Cinque Torri, Rifugio Scoiattoli, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6635
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chairlift from Cinque Torri
    Chairlift from Cinque Torri
    After a nice lunch and time around Cinque Torri, we head down.
    Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6639
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cortina d'Ampezzo
    Cortina d'Ampezzo
    Driving Photo
    Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6644
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Basilica Minore dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo
    Basilica Minore dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo
    Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#0645
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  • Main Street
    Main Street
    A major skiing town, there are a lot of hotels.
    Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#0659
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  • Shades of Blue
    Shades of Blue
    Our third location of the day.
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6646
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chapel
    Chapel
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6648
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trumpet Gentians
    Trumpet Gentians
    Gentiana acaulis
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6651
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ra Gusela
    Ra Gusela
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6653
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6654
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Peaks
    Peaks
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6655
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  • Croda da Lago
    Croda da Lago
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6656
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  • Alpenrose
    Alpenrose
    Rhododendron ferrugineum
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6657
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Detail
    Detail
    The crack between the peaks caught my eye.
    Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6659
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sun Shafts
    Sun Shafts
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6662
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6672
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lichen
    Lichen
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6678
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dusk
    Dusk
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#5416
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dusk
    Dusk
    Nice clouds and color on the ridge face.
    Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6677
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dusk
    Dusk
    More cloud color and the curved road.
    Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6681
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dusk
    Dusk
    With the sun lower, the clouds are developing a lot of color.
    Croda da Lago, Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#0054
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#0116
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chapel
    Chapel
    With sunset light.
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6684
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chapel
    Chapel
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6688
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Globe Flowers
    Globe Flowers
    Trollius europaeus
    Passo Giau, Belluno Province, Italy, June 19, 2025
    2025-06-19#6691
    Larry L. Jackson