Path of Totality

Vertical Forest This pair of towers are known as Bosco Vertical, located in Milan, Italy.

Heavenly Beach Moloka’i, Hawaii

Seealpsee, Switzerland

Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.

Der Führer and Eva Braun on the Mooslahnerkopf Hill with Joachim von Ribbentrop June 1938 @bavariansquire

The Wagner children: Wolfgang, Verena, Wieland and Friedelind, dressed in Wagnerian theater opera costumes.

Sunset Killer, 1966. John Dominis.

Deer at Dusk

“Sailing can be a dangerous hobby if you’re not careful.” — Natalie Wood

The Rally at Stralsund 19th - 20th July, 1932 We made a belated start as dusk fell...as tens of thousands were gathering in the open air at Stralsund for our meeting arranged for 8 p.m...our pilot Baur announced that we could no longer land in Warnemunde, where even the most necessary devices for night landing were unavailable. Our Leader asked his adjutant for the map. His only question was “How can we still get to Stralsund for the meeting?” We flew through the night like phantoms...at last, we sighted the faint light of an emergency landing place. After a drive of 2 1/2 hours we finally came to Stralsund at 2:30 a.m. We had abandoned hope of people waiting so long in the wet and cold. But we stood amidst the mighty assembly of 40,000 people at 4 o’clock in the morning! Our Leader spoke, and during his speech the day slowly dawned. And the loud joyful strains of the ‘Deutschlandlied’ arose from 40,000 throats. — from With Hitler On The Road To Power (paraphrased, pages 35 - 36, 1934) by Otto Dietrich

Night Flight 19th April, 1932 The motors roared, and we rose from the ground into the night. Our pilot wheeled round, crossed the neighboring sports place, and over the crowds who had been listening to Adolf Hitler’s words a few moments before. Now we beheld a striking scene, never to be forgotten. The crowds recognized the luminous plane carrying our Leader, who had just devoted his time to them. Cheers broke out from a hundred thousand throats, drowning even the thunder of our motors, whilst the crowds brandished flaming torches in greeting. I shall never forget the impression of this unprecedented spectacle upon our Leader. We sat in silence, charmed by the strange magic of this sight. After the long day’s exertions, we were in a condition in which body only obeys will mechanically. An almost transcendental wakefulness, inspired by phantasy, seized us, and enhanced the picture to the character of a vision. — from With Hitler On The Road To Power (paraphrased, page 28, 1934) by Otto Dietrich

Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Doubt A storm of inconceivable fury raged over Germany on 8th April, 1932. Nobody would dare risk a flight in this furious tempest! The most intrepid of our followers stood huddled together in the streaming rain...to witness the scene... Without hesitation, our Leader gave orders to start at once. Our daily program had to be fulfilled, since hundreds of thousands were expecting us... It was no longer a flight, but a whirl...we passed over the squall, then we tore through the clouds, then an invisible whirlpool sucked us down, then we felt as if we were drawn steeply upwards by some lofty crane. Our Leader’s absolute calmness was transmitted into our hearts. In every hour of danger, he was filled with the most steadfast faith in his world historical mission... We breathed freely as...the clouds broke, and through a rainbow we soon saw the Rhine lying before us in brilliant sunshine. — from With Hitler On The Road To Power (paraphrased, pgs. 25-26, 1934) by Otto Dietrich

I’ll fly the friendly skies with her.

Robert Frost once wrote something along the lines of… “if the light source behind the fire was brighter than the fire itself, the flame would cast a shadow."

“The greater the work that a man does for the future, the less he will be appreciated by his contemporaries. His struggle will be all harder, and his success rarer. If, in the course of centuries, such a man appears who is blessed with success, then, towards the end of his days, he may have a faint vision of his future fame. But such great men are only the marathon runners of history. The laurels of contemporary fame are only for the brow of the dying hero.” — from Mein Kampf (1925) by Adolf Hitler [The dual German-English translation of Dr. Thomas Dalton, 2017, Vol. 1, Ch. 8, p. 407]

“Over long spans of human progress, it may occasionally happen that the politician and theoretician are one. The more intimate this union, the greater the obstacles that the activity of the politician will have to face. Such a man doesn’t labor for the purpose of satisfying demands that are obvious to every shopkeeper, but he reaches out towards ends that can be understood only by a few. His life is thus torn apart by hatred and love. The protest of his contemporaries, who don’t understand him, is in conflict with the recognition of posterity, for whom he also works.” — from Mein Kampf (1925) by Adolf Hitler [The dual German-English translation of Dr. Thomas Dalton, 2017, Vol. 1, Chap. 8, p. 405]

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