It's my favorite of the Greek islands. The very first time I ever heard of it was when Yanni included a composition of same title in his CD collection and mentioned it in his autobiography Ethnicity.
http://youtu.be/3auxOlTl2MQ
The volcanic eruption was also shown in the beginning of the film Lara Croft Tomb Raider - Cradle of Life - starring the beautiful Oscar Award- winning best actress, my favorite Angelina Jolie.
The island and its surrounding islets are formed from the rim of an ancient drowned volcano that exploded in about 1500 B.C., and this disaster may have been the basis by the writing of Plato about the last continent of Atlantis. The earliest volcanic eruptions in its recorded history were in 236 B.C; the latest were from 1925 to 1926.
Moses, the Exodus and Santorini: Between 600 B.C. and 300 B.C. - Jewish scribes wrote down the stories of their people and one of those stories concerned Moses, the exodus out of Egypt to the Promised Land, the biblical plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. What is the connection with Santorini?
Santorini is the Mother of all volcanoes: the blast that occurred there in 16th Century B.C. was thousand of times more powerful than a nuclear explosion in the last 10,000 years.
Santorini Oia Here We Come http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlslJrmtqM
The Black Pearl of the Aegean.
Santorini lies in the Aegean Sea 500 miles of the Nile delta. According to modern methods of research, the wind was blowing in a south easterly direction - the blast would have been heard in Egypt, the ash fall felt, the sky darkened, there was hail and lightning and its toxic fallout from the explosion that probably caused the plagues [the river turned to blood and the fish dried, frogs, lice, flies, animal pestilence, boils and blisters, hail, locust, darkness for three days].
"... and the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, to go by day and night."
Even though Santorini could not be seen from Egypt because of the curvature of the earth, the explosion shot volcanic ash 40 miles into the air above Santorini, thereby creating a pillar of cloud by day and the lightning in the cloud would have created the "pillar of fire by night."
The Parting of the Red Sea: Modern translations of the Bible now talk about the parting of the 'reed' sea [in the area of the Suez Canal] - a typographical error - the eruption caused a 600 feet high tsunami, or tidal wave, one of the largest waves in history. Scientists have proof of this since they can see the scraping across the ocean floor - the 600 feet tsunami would have been created among other things, by sucking the water out of the Nile delta and rivers and wetlands and the reed sea hence allowing Moses to cross to the other side. When the wave eventually reached the shore it was only 6 feet high, but came inshore for hundreds of miles, hence overwhelming the pharaoh's 600 chariots.
It's a unique sight driving along the mountain road, the various layers of lava that one can see on the face of the rock, each layer being another phase of the activity of the volcano. Black lava rocks and white pumice are combined beautifully with the red color of lava.
Yanni - Santorini HD
Built on the Caldera rim, Oia Village is an example of Cycladic architecture. The guide with her pretty voice narrated the creation and history of the last eruption leading to the destruction of the island of Santorini. The tidal wave created by the eruption was of such an immense magnitude, it destroyed the thriving city of Knossos on the island of Crete.
We walked along the cobble-stone streets and white washed houses with blue shutters where one gets the impression that they are living in a beautiful travel poster. Vendors gave us red pistachios (not green) and yummy candy as we passed by.
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Cliff-top village of Oia
What a view! The tour then proceeded to the town of Thira, so attractive with its white-washed housed clinging precariously on the rim of the Caldera.
What a view! The tour then proceeded to the town of Thira, so attractive with its white-washed housed clinging precariously on the rim of the Caldera.
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