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"This was the dramatic scene as the world's largest statue of Jesus was hit by lightning. The bolt parted the thunderclouds over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to strike Christ the Redeemer. The statue is 130ft tall, is made of 700 tons of reinforced concrete and stands atop the 2,296ft Corcovado mountain overlooking the city. It was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in 2007. Sunday's storm caused havoc in Rio, felling trees in several neighbourhoods - but did not damage the statue. This amazing photograph gives whole new meaning to the phrase "May God strike me with lightning if..." "

2/13/2008 12:40:09 AM

that's actually pretty cool/epic

2/13/2008 12:42:04 AM

i don't know whether to laugh or be afraid

2/13/2008 12:44:59 AM

lol

2/13/2008 12:45:41 AM

It would have been cooler if it had brought him to life, just like in Short Circuit.

2/13/2008 12:45:56 AM

Jesus is tired of Thor stealing all his thunder.







get it?!

2/13/2008 12:46:30 AM

the aerial view of that thing is amazing

2/13/2008 12:52:15 AM

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Roman temples used to put up high metal pillars to attract lightning and give them street cred.

or something

2/13/2008 10:16:13 AM

you'd think they'd have a grounding rod or lightening protection on that thing. its a good thing his redeeming head didn't come thundering down that mountain.

2/13/2008 10:18:47 AM

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"It would have been cooler if it had brought him to life"

Iron-man just popped into my head.

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"Jesus is tired of Thor stealing all his thunder."

7.5/10

2/13/2008 10:20:46 AM

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"It was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in 2007."

wtf, it's just a statue.

2/13/2008 10:20:52 AM

the only legitimate list of the Seven Wonders of the World is

* The Great Pyramid of Giza
* The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
* The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
* The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
* The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
* The Colossus of Rhodes
* The Pharos of Alexandria

2/13/2008 10:23:18 AM

^and the ABC studio that houses the production of "According to Jim"





seriously though, that's bad-ass. Ole JC still stands.

2/13/2008 10:25:15 AM

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"It would have been cooler if it had brought him to life"

2/13/2008 10:30:02 AM

^^^pretty sure those are the seven wonders of the ancient world. most of them no longer exist.

2/13/2008 11:12:43 AM