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Lightning. Eclipse. Greece. (flickr.com)

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[–]ThePhenix 115 points116 points ago

Greece's Economic Options

  • 1. Devalue currency
  • 2. Reduce price of exports
  • 3. Cut wages
  • 4. Release titans

[–]TheMightyAdzilla 10 points11 points ago

Zeus, is commanding his brother Poseidon to release the sea monster, Cetus, to raze Greece to the ground for having dared to lose faith and stop worshiping the Gods. The only option now is for Greece to choose their greatest champion, who must climb to the summit of mount Olympus, facing great obstacles along the way, before then having to best each one of the Gods in hand to hand combat to prove the worth of man, and save Greece from being obliterated by the gods' collective wrath.

[–]detective_chubbs 3 points4 points ago

Your move, monotheists...

[–]Tommix11 1 point2 points ago

Preferably some huge guy with greyish complexion and big ass swords chained to his arms.

[–]jonneyboy45 0 points1 point ago

you gave me chills, well done sir

[–]VirgiliusNix 2 points3 points ago

THE GODS ARE FURIOUS, WE MUST SACRIFICE ALL OF OUR BULLS TO ZEUS

[–]trot-trot[S] 41 points42 points ago

  1. More info about the submitted pic from photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos: http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/moon/20110615Eclipse.htm

  2. Larger versions: 1296 x 864 (via), 1620 x 1080 (via)

[–]Corrupt_Core 8 points9 points ago

Thank you for listing the source. Not many people do.

[–]tiamo4ever 1 point2 points ago

Breathtaking photo !

[–]OCedHrt 0 points1 point ago

Too bad it kinda looks like just an up-sampling of the original.

[–]HtotheGRIFF 16 points17 points ago

Now that's what i call, Greece Lightning!

[–]spamncheese 1 point2 points ago

Damn you for a moment I though I was first. So I guess you deserve a YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

[–]itsmusicbeach 1 point2 points ago

Well this car is automatic, it's systematic, it's hyyyyyydromatic

[–]rublecube 10 points11 points ago

Absolutely amazing how beautiful our world can be.

[–]gundog48 17 points18 points ago

When you see things like this, it's no wonder that the Ancient Greeks believed in Gods!

[–]Thijmen 5 points6 points ago

So this is why the old greeks believed in zeus and the other gods.

[–]yellowrainjacket 3 points4 points ago

by the beard of zeus!

[–]pheonixblade9 4 points5 points ago

Seduction. Calvin Klein.

[–]FrejDexter 2 points3 points ago

No wonder they made up awesome gods.

[–]skeeto111 1 point2 points ago

What is the red dot in the middle of the picture?

[–]KGrizzly 4 points5 points ago

The moon eclipse!

[–]darioc01 5 points6 points ago

Come on, you know it's really the god of war Ares coming down from the heavens to challenge Zeus for the right to lead the gods against Greece's greatest foe yet.

The Economic Crisis.

[–]bobisagirl 1 point2 points ago

Fuck yeah nature!

[–]provaros 1 point2 points ago

Why do I have to learn about bad-ass weather phenomena for my country on Reddit? Where the fuck was I when that happened (read: probably on Reddit)?

[–]fireice22 1 point2 points ago

I wonder if a lot of fish die when that electricity hits.

[–]Bream73 1 point2 points ago

Yup, its all happening in Greece at the moment.

[–]Nimenoz 1 point2 points ago

McDonald's. Volvo. Vincent Chase.

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 1 point2 points ago

DAE immediately think 'Kotsiopoulos' should be the name of the next Eclipse IDE release?

[–]M92FS 1 point2 points ago

Zeus shows his anger for today's people.

[–]Alecure 0 points1 point ago

Quick! Find the oracle and get the meaning of this!

[–]Methone 0 points1 point ago

It's the Reapers bringing order to the chaos!

[–]hYbrid_snIper 0 points1 point ago

ah and brilliance composed in one instance

[–]SquishyWizard 0 points1 point ago

So it's a hymn to Crimson Moon.

All hail Brunestud

[–]DMSmarine 0 points1 point ago

0_0

[–]ayotrey 0 points1 point ago

wallpaper search..... OVER

[–]IZNICE 0 points1 point ago

Just found my new Weather background for my htpc.

[–]Splinter1010 0 points1 point ago

Zeus is pissed that Apollo drove the sun wrong and made this eclipse.

[–]thename226 0 points1 point ago

Oh no! It's armageddon!

[–]jamesdavid80 0 points1 point ago

great find!

[–]Xenodyne 0 points1 point ago

I want a 1920x1080 version of this. Like, NAO

[–]John_Targaryen 0 points1 point ago

No wonder i couldn't firebend that day

[–]ruth_mcdougle 0 points1 point ago

Thors in Greece ??

[–]the_thinker 0 points1 point ago

This is SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!

[–]Tommix11 0 points1 point ago

Paste in three wolfs and the picture is complete.

[–]AxelCaprio 0 points1 point ago

Someone photoshop a bigger eclipse and post it at /r/pinkfloyd. :)

[–]racergr 0 points1 point ago

Dear European friends; please do not anger Zeus any more.

He has been sending thunderstorms for some time now and a couple of days ago he turned the moon red as well. We have already sacrificed 23 virgins but to no avail. Have you got any idea how difficult it is to find virgins? I mean, it's not even funny any more, please!

Sincerely, the Greeks.

[–]flavoring 0 points1 point ago

The moon tonight is red. You will know death

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2fLRilW_NI

[–]slowly_over 0 points1 point ago

reminded me of this picture, turns out its taken by the same guy.

[–]blackangel153 0 points1 point ago

Just set as background. Best one in a long time!

[–]G0G0buffalo 0 points1 point ago

Go Greece lightning!

[–]Bgoodkind1 0 points1 point ago

I just saved the image as Greece Lightning without realizing the pun.

[–]TheFunnyBang 0 points1 point ago

Thor has spoken!

[–]kk- -1 points0 points ago

Looks like the taxman's here.

[–]BotanyBoy -1 points0 points ago

Too bad he does not have a high res version available to use for a wallpaper. I would love to use it for one.

[–]trot-trot[S] 3 points4 points ago

See #2 at http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/tuu9s/lightning_eclipse_greece/c4pwpem

[–]orlyokthen 0 points1 point ago

Huzzah OP delivers!

[–]Citisol -1 points0 points ago

Economic omen...

[–]00derper -1 points0 points ago

Whoah! They still have cameras! Amazing!

[–]thispartispointless -1 points0 points ago

Thank you for not photoshop zooming in on the moon! So sick of gigantic moons.

[–]UnderCoverPenisLover -2 points-1 points ago

London. Paris. Milan.

[–]mretchin -2 points-1 points ago

Nowadays, Greece is fucked up in more ways than one

[–]DavidLee_RMNB -2 points-1 points ago

Zeus is angry at Greece for fucking up its economy.

[–]Manziak -2 points-1 points ago

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