From Litanie Du Misanthrope via Ratak Monodosico.

Telegraph: Coiling Dragon Cliff Skywalk, Tianmen Mountain, China

“In Treue Fest” (“Firm in Fidelity”) on belt-buckle is the motto of Bavaria.

Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.

Ben Maher of Great Britian on Alfredo during Day 2 of the 79th German Dressage and Jumping Derby 2008 at Klein Flottbek Derby Park on May 02, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany.

When there’s no turning back.

Unhappy landing for the rider. Horse was fine.

Washington, D.C. Cop gets cup of coffee, 1919.

The older fellow smiling in the automobile looks like he may be the policeman’s father. Note the Salvation Army building in the background.

photo: Mark Cowan

California does have the best fogs.

Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.

Ernest Hemingway in La Floridita Bar in Havana, Unknown Date

Hat tip to Henry Bernatonis.

Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, 1784-1860, King Jerome I of Westphalia, 1807-1813, photographed in 1852

Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography.

An excellent collection from the Daily Mail.

Hat tip to Roger de Hauteville.

Three West German police officers, wearing old time helmets, back down seven East German Stasi armed with submachine guns after a young woman made it across the line. The West German foreground cop has unholstered his P-38.