At an altitude of 2362m, the Izoard pass benefits from a very pure sky in the Hautes-Alpes. The Milky Way shows itself at its best, with the galactic center teeming with nebulae in the constellation of Sagittarius. The Moon that has just risen in the East behind the mountain starts to tint the sky blue, while the lights of the Queyras valley below betray the presence of humans.