Underwater Church Reappears (Great pics at the link!)

[gateley]

EDIT :banghead: I can't get the link to work! Go to www.nationalgeographic.com and the link should be on the front page. Sorry!

You might call it an act of God. A severe drought in Venezuela has exposed a church—pictured in 2008 (left) and on February 21, 2010—that had been inundated when a hydroelectric dam was built in 1985.

The 82-foot-tall (25-meter-tall) church and the Andean town of Potosi (see map) were flooded to establish the Uribante-Caparo water reservoir to power the plant, which is currently operating at just 7 percent of its capacity, according to the Reuters service. (Get news on the global water crisis.)

The church is now an ominous symbol of energy shortages in the country, which gets around 68 percent of its power from hydroelectricity, Reuters reported. The droughts spurred Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to declare an energy emergency in February.

[Bluebear]

1. "The Sunken Cathedral" by Debussy

to accompany the story :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9UKua69NSI

[gateley]

2. Thanks - but I can't get the link to work! At least I can watch it with the

soundtrack you so thoughtfully provided -- it's bound to be perfect! :hi:

[Donnachaidh]

4. very nice -- thanks for the link! n/t

[Lasher]

3. Frustrating, eh ?

Here's one of the images: