The title of this refers to the constellation of Orion, the winter hunter striding over the young Potomac river in the Smoke Hole canyon in West Virginia. The scene is lit by a third quarter moon on a cold night in late October. The most prominent stars are Sirius, the brightest star in the sky just above the sycamores, the blue supergiant Rigel closest to the center, and the red supergiant Betelguese in the upper center. An interesting note concerning Betelguese is that it is, in astronomical terms, about to go supernova. This could occur in one year or thousands of years from now but when it does, because of its relative proximity to Earth it may be the brightest extasolar object seen in all of human history, an intense point of light brighter than the full moon and easily seen in broad daylight.