Ron Nurwisah, Boy Reporter

The title of this photo says almost as much as the photo itself, “Soldier’s goodbye & Bobbie the cat.”

When my co-worker Jeremy passed this along I thought this was photoshopped. Nope. Apparently this phenomenon, dubbed “dirty thunderstorms,” sometimes happens when volcanos erupt.

Lightning & volcanoes, two ridiculous natural events together at last.

The photo is from the most recent explosion in Iceland.

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Pfft Foursquare and all their virtual ‘badges.’ We kicking it old-school with the original badge collectors. Boy Scouts!

Original image from the Library of Congress.

Always helpful, Barack Obama helps a young girl during the 2009 White House Easter Egg hunt. From the White House Flickr feed.

What compels people to want to transform animals into mantelpiece trophies, tacky roadside totems, or even diorama specimens? On the one hand, nothing seems as ludicrous as taking an animal and transforming it into a replica of itself. Why kill it in the first place? On the other hand, few objects are as strangely alluring as Flaubert’s parrot, Goethe’s kingfisher, or Truman Capote’s rattlesnake. Or, for that matter, as out of context as, say, Fenway Partners’ upright grizzly bear in its corporate boardroom in Manhattan. - from Melissa Milgrom’s Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy

Photo from Field Museum library archive.

Photo by Nina Leen from the George Eastman House collection.

The best thing about this photo is the Flickr title:

Jet Roars over Bicycle Path near Washington’s Nation Airport. Noise-Decibel Level from Aircraft at This Altitude Can Cause Permanent Ear Damage. 11/1972

From the Flickr commons.

Hey, buddy, can you pass me the sports section?

Image from Flickr Commons/Nationaal Archief

That was a lot of fun guys and gals. See you in London.

Photo from the Drake Hotel’s Flickr feed.

No better way to start a week than a cup of coffee. Am I right?

Full size image (and prints) available at Shorpy.