The observations of the Orion A molecular cloud have been carried out with the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, a 4m class telescope that is operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) as part of its Cerro Paranal facilities. The HEALPix survey, color (R. Original acknowledgement for data: Stefan Meingast (data reduction and publication), Diego Mardones (PI of observations), Joao Alves (Co-PI)