多洛米蒂山上空的银河，意大利

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欧洲很少有地方能像多洛米蒂山一样有欣赏银河美景的机会。远离城市喧嚣和光线污染，海拔数千英尺的锯齿状山峰划破黑暗，多洛米蒂山展现了一个极富魅力、充满生机的夜空。多洛米蒂山也因组成其山体的碳酸盐岩而被誉为“苍白山脉”。而这种碳酸盐岩又以18世纪的法国矿物学家德奥达·格拉特·德·多洛米厄（第一个描述这种矿物的科学家）的名字命名。

意大利东北部的多洛米蒂地区拥有2100多座已经命名的山脉，其中包括“多洛米蒂女王”马尔莫拉达山，它的蓬塔佩尼亚峰是该山脉的最高峰。自然爱好者、徒步旅行者和登山者在夏季涌向多洛米蒂山。而在漫长的冬季，山坡则被滑雪和滑雪板爱好者占据。还有一种方法可以欣赏多洛米蒂山令人印象深刻的山峰——乘坐热气球飞越山脉。

Dolomite Mountains at night with the Milky Way, Italy

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Lighting up the Dolomites. Dolomites, Italy

Few places offer the opportunity to take in the Milky Way like the Dolomites. Far from cities and light pollution, and thousands of feet above sea level, the Dolomites offer a stunning, vibrant night sky above sheer, jagged peaks. Also known as the Pale Mountains, the Dolomites are named after the carbonate rock they are composed of, which was in turn named after 18th-century French geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, the first scientist to describe the mineral.

The Dolomite region in north-east Italy boasts more than 2,100 named mountains, including the ‘Queen of the Dolomites’, Marmolada, whose Punta Penía is the highest peak of the range. Nature lovers, hikers and climbers flock to the Dolomites in summer, and the slopes are dominated by skiers and snowboarders during the long winter months. One sure way to appreciate the Dolomites’ impressive peaks is to take a hot air balloon over the range.