Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog; SUBLIME


	Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog; SUBLIME

allisaurous

8-4-2009 7:08 PM

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sublime, caspar david freidrich, boingboing

allisaurous says:

This is me, standing on the edge of Dead Man's Bluff in Lincoln Park, SF.

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