An aerial view of the mouth of the Grand Canal, the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute and the Giudecca Island at Venice, Italy. The photographer is looking south-west from the top of the Campanile di San Marco while on a shore excursion from the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935). A number of schooner yachts and other sailing vessels are at moorings south of the Punta della Dogana. The Sacca Sessola Island is in the background.