A Winter Night in the Dolomites

From the photographer: “On a winter mountain biking ride through Villnöss Valley in the Dolomites, in South Tyrol, northern Italy, I spent some time after dark under starry winter sky to capture constellation Orion rising above the Alps, specifically Geisler Spitzen mountain.”

Click on the second photo to see another view of this winter mountain scene with the photographer on his bike and the Orion constellation just above the mountain. You may also notice the hazy Orion nebula (M42).