A Starry Night of Dolomites

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, appears in a dark starry night of Dolomites in the Alps. Bright star Vega appears near the top with its light scattered by thin clouds.

Click on the second photo to see a wider field view image of this scene from a small lake. Dolomites are a spectacular mountain range of rugged and pillar shape peaks located in north-eastern Italy and a part of Southern Limestone Alps.