Greece lightning: Ancient Parthenon lit from above

Zeus speaks from on high regarding the Economic conditions in Greece and Other Euro countries!

1 posted on 06/29/2010 8:49:33 AM PDT by Young Werther

To: Young Werther

Thanks for the new wallpaper for the laptop!

2 posted on 06/29/2010 8:51:35 AM PDT by GQuagmire ( We are no longer Massholes)

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3 posted on 06/29/2010 8:52:58 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)

To: Young Werther

Beginning to see a pattern here.

6/24/10 Stunning images as storm breaks over Chicago (Amazing Lighting Bolt Strike)

4 posted on 06/29/2010 9:01:02 AM PDT by 444Flyer ("Watch out that you are not deceived..."-Luke 21:8)

To: Young Werther

Can you imagine living there back in the 400 BC’s and seeing this?

That would sure put the fear of Zeus in you.

5 posted on 06/29/2010 9:01:19 AM PDT by El Sordo (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)

To: Young Werther

Best lighting of the Parthenon since the Turks.

6 posted on 06/29/2010 9:23:42 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (REPEAL OR REBEL! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)

To: Young Werther

Parthenon was an "ammo storage dump" that took a mortar shell hit and blew off the roof!
(During the Morean War (1684-1699)
After these victories had cleared the Peloponnese of Turkish forces, Morosini decided to campaign in Central Greece, especially against the Ottoman strongholds of Thebes and Chalkis (Negropont). Thus, on 21 September 1687, Königsmarck's army, 10,750 men strong, landed at Eleusis, while the Venetian fleet entered Piraeus. The Turks quickly evacuated the town of Athens, but the garrison and much of the population withdrew to the ancient Acropolis. The Venetian army began now a siege of the Acropolis, which would last six days (September 23-29) and would cause much destruction to the ancient monuments. The Ottomans first demolished the temple of Athena Nike to erect a cannon battery, but the most important damage caused was the destruction of the Parthenon. The Turks used the temple for ammunition storage, and when, on the evening of on 26 September 1687, a mortar shell hit the building, the resulting explosion led to the complete destruction of the temple's roof and most of the walls. Despite the enormous destruction caused by the explosion and the loss of ca. 200 men, the Turks continued to defend the fort until a relief attempt from the Ottoman army of Thebes was repulsed on September 28. The garrison then capitulated, on condition of being transported to Smyrna.

7 posted on 06/29/2010 9:26:42 AM PDT by B-Cause (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)

To: Young Werther

Thanks for the wallpaper! ;-)

8 posted on 06/29/2010 9:28:03 AM PDT by Billthedrill

My read of history was alittle different.

Bush's Fault!

9 posted on 06/29/2010 9:41:58 AM PDT by Young Werther ("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)

To: Young Werther

Dennis Miller said the Parthenon was cable ready.

10 posted on 06/29/2010 10:16:48 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, get a dog.)

To: Young Werther; MestaMachine

Pinging Lightening Fan!

11 posted on 06/29/2010 11:59:24 AM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)

To: left that other site; 444Flyer

One for younz!
G-d on a roll!

12 posted on 06/29/2010 3:40:17 PM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)

To: MestaMachine

Headed to D.C.? LOL

(VERY cool BTW)

13 posted on 06/29/2010 3:54:06 PM PDT by 444Flyer ("Watch out that you are not deceived..."-Luke 21:8)

To: MestaMachine

Hard to beat THAT one, MestaMachine! :-)

14 posted on 06/29/2010 6:45:43 PM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)

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