Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau (2236m) at sunset, Italian Dolomites. Northern Italy, Europe

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau (2236m) at sunset, August, Italian Dolomites. Northern Itlay, Europe

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau, August, Italian Dolomites. Northern Italy, Europe

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau (2236m), Italian Dolomites, Italy, Europe.

Heather Angel / Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) in montane grassland above treeline. Giau Pass / Passo di giau, Dolomites, Italy. July 2011.

Heather Angel / Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) in montane grassland above treeline. Giau Pass / Passo di giau, Dolomites, Italy. July 2011.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Triglav gentian (Gentiana terglouensis) above Passo di Falzarego, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July 2016,

Paul Harcourt Davies / Triglav gentian (Gentiana terglouensis) Passo di Falzarego, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rhaetian poppy flower (Papaver rhaeticum) Passo di Valporola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Pink cinquefoil (Potentilla nitida) Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) flower, Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July 2016

Paul Harcourt Davies / Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) flowers, Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July 2016

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rhaetian poppy (Papaver rhaeticum) flowers, near, Refugio Lagazuoi, Passo di Falzarego, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rhaetian poppy (Papaver rhaeticum) flowers, near, Refugio Lagazuoi, Passo di Falzarego, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rhaetian poppy (Papaver rhaeticum) flowers, near, Refugio Lagazuoi, Passo di Falzarego, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rhaetian poppy (Papaver rhaeticum) with Triglav gentian (Gentiana terglouensis). Near Refugio Lagazuoi, Passo di Falzarego, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Pink cinquefoil (Potentilla nitida) flower, Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eidelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) flower showing hair covered petals. Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fragrant orchid species comparison: Gymndenia odoratissima (left) and G. conopsea (right) growing at 2200m Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites. July 2016

Paul Harcourt Davies / Small Alpine orchid (Chamorchis alpina) Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Veneto, Italy. July 2016

Paul Harcourt Davies / Small Alpine Orchid (Chamorchis alpina) Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Italy. July 2016

Paul Harcourt Davies / Small Alpine orchid (Chamorchis alpina) Passo di Valparola, near Cortina, Dolomites, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hairy Saxifrage (Saxifraga pubescens) in flower, on granite outcrop near Passo Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Granite outcrop near Passo Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy, July 2011

Philippe Clement / View over mountains along the mountain pass Passo di Gavia in the Italian Alps. Lombardy, Italy July 2010.

Philippe Clement / View over mountains along the mountain pass Passo di Gavia in the Italian Alps. Lombardy, Italy July 2010.

Tim Edwards / High alpine pasture (2236m), Passo di Giau, Italian Dolomites, Italy, Europe.

Tim Edwards / Mt. Marmaloda (2236m) from Passo di Gian, Italian Dolomites, Italy, Europe.

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau, Mt Averau (2648m), Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Tim Edwards / Valnontey valley, Gran Paradiso NP, Italy. Alps. European larch trees.

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain cabin, Passo Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain pass between Passo Sella and Corvara, Val Gardena, Dolomites, Italy

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain pass between Passo Sella and Corvara, Val Gardena, Dolomites, Italy

Tim Edwards / Passo di Giau (2236m) at dusk. Italian Dolomites N Italy. Mountains in evening light.

Tim Edwards / Italian Dolomites Passo di Giau (2236m) Northern Italy

Lukas Schaefer / Aerial tracking shot revealing the Dolomite Mountain range through the cloud and fog at sunset, Passo Fedaia, Marmolada, Italy, July.

Lukas Schaefer / Aerial tracking shot of a glacial tongue showing crevasses in the ice, Passo dello Stelvio, Gruppo Ortles, Val Venosta, Italy, October.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Sticky primrose (Primula glutinosa) in meadow at 2513m. Col Margherita, Passo San Pellegrino, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Sticky primrose (Primula glutinosa) in meadow at 2513m. Col Margherita, Passo San Pellegrino, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum) in meadow above coniferous forest. Passo Gardena, Colfosco, South Tyrol, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum) in alpine meadow beside coniferous forest. Passo Gardena, Colfosco, South Tyrol, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Globeflower (Trollius europaeus) in marshy grassland beside lake. Passo Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy. June 2017.

John Shaw / Pine seedlings and vaccinium, Passo della Erbe, Dolomites, Italy, October.

John Shaw / Sunrise light from Passo Giau, with fog in the Cortina valley, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Mountains at sunrise, looking toward Cortina valley, from Passo Giau. Dolomites, Italy. October 2019.

John Shaw / Sunset light on spires at Passo Giau, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Sunset light on spires at Passo Giau, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Mountains at twilight, seen from Passo Sella, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Chapel at Passo Gardena with Sasso Lungo in the background, early morning, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Mountain peaks at Passo Gardena at first light. Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Looking north from Passo Sella, and the Odle Range, at sunset, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.

John Shaw / Moonrise seen from Passo delle Erbe, Dolomites, Italy, October 2019.