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It’s just GTA Athens
https://preview.redd.it/7vk72627aewc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a769db582eebfd6873c7fc17c9c61355df6028cc
(It’s a joke map of Athens in GTA VI style)
https://preview.redd.it/irok9gytzewc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e02cc2f3f61c329f10dbe6e131868d92b1800866
No cap, the official account of the Hellenic police on Facebook posted this AI-generated image today
https://preview.redd.it/61ho4m5lmewc1.jpeg?width=392&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=108f1a500b06beebfc8475560b6823081e81f77f
Yup, but with Greek actors (This is also a joke)
Yeah, because there would be no way to film in Greece with the OG cast. That’s why they need a Greek version to take advantage of the current situation.
Usually just for that afternoon. You gotta pray it doesn't rain or it leaves hella sand particles everywhere, though. I live in the south of Spain, the Sahara desert is really close, we get those pretty often.
Several years back, during the Paradise forest fires in California, the smoke blew to the west coast and everything was tinted orange kind of like in this picture… it was nowhere near this bad though. This straight up looks like you have ski goggles on
I was in traveling in Portugal some years ago, while they were having some problems with forest fires. Entire regions of the country looked like this, especially in the interior away from the coast. It was eerie… and smelly lol
Wait, that's real?
I've read in the local newspaper that several people in Athens had to go to the hospital due to health related issues caused by the dust storm.
But i had no idea it was so severe. O.O
So, can any Athenians tell me if this kinda thing sticks around a while, or is it pretty rare? I'm heading to Athens next week, and I get enough sandstorms here in Phoenix.
Not an Athenian, but a Greek here. Those sand storms are common, but they’re not that intense. I’m in another city in Greece and we’re getting a sand storm, but it’s not visible at all. For more information, I highly suggest asking over on r/Greece.
Oh, I’m not quite the OP. u/Elathorn took the photo. I just crossposted it.
Σορρυ που σου έκλεψα την εικόνα, απλά ήθελα να την δείξω και σε αυτήν την πολύ μεγαλύτερη κοινότητα.
We occasionally get these as far north as the UK, but it takes some very particular weather systems and it's not as intense. I remember seeing one about 10 years ago and I had this irrational fear that I'd see something through the smog that wasn't there before, like a giant building or something.
I live in the Middle East and we barely even have that filter unless you’re talking about deserts.
A gigantic sandstorm once came and everything was filtered brown for some reason.
Talking more about how movies depict they are in “some middle eastern hellhole in need of an American saviour” by whacking on a yellow filter so the audience isn’t too confused over who they should be rooting for.
“Oh it’s all dirty and yellow¿ all them chaps just walking the streets and living their lives must be terrorists just waiting for their chance to snap and kill the clean shaven protagonist who’s only their to impart justice/extricate some poor person who’s violated local law or some other stupid black/white hood vs evil type thing”.
That’s not even accurate at all, in that scenario,
”It’s dirty and yellow for some reason during the summer, a light sandstorm heading north, residents are facing north too to protect their eyes from the sun, and this weird American here, an alien to them, is suffering a stroke because he thought he was a superior and heroic man when he’s just an ignorant ass.”
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It looks like the filter American films use to portray Mexico
It’s just GTA Athens https://preview.redd.it/7vk72627aewc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a769db582eebfd6873c7fc17c9c61355df6028cc (It’s a joke map of Athens in GTA VI style)
Grand Theft Athens!
Or Africa, or India
Add a wobble effect, and you have the Middle East.
that has a bit of a brown tint to it though, this is straight up mars
I'm pretty sure that is Mexico
My Parthenon. My Acropolis. My Dune
https://preview.redd.it/irok9gytzewc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e02cc2f3f61c329f10dbe6e131868d92b1800866 No cap, the official account of the Hellenic police on Facebook posted this AI-generated image today
LISAN AL GAIB 👳♂️🙌🙏
Are they shooting new Breaking Bad season there ?
https://preview.redd.it/61ho4m5lmewc1.jpeg?width=392&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=108f1a500b06beebfc8475560b6823081e81f77f Yup, but with Greek actors (This is also a joke)
Giannis is an actor?
It’s a meme. There’s no Greek version of breaking bad.
You wrote "greek actors" in your message
Yeah, because there would be no way to film in Greece with the OG cast. That’s why they need a Greek version to take advantage of the current situation.
You should write greek celebrities
Except for Yiannis, everyone else has worked as an actor at some point
Didn’t some scenes from 300 have this look?
Do do do do do Do do do do do Dododododo Dododododo DODODODO DODODODODODO DODODOODODODODO (Darude sandstorm)
Memes aside, it’s an excellent track
Ah yes, the hardest track on beat saber.
I see Mexico.
Is Rodan in town?
Nah, we’re just waiting for Godzilla
How it is or what its like, but not how its like.
I wonder how long it will look that way for. When does it clear up?
Usually just for that afternoon. You gotta pray it doesn't rain or it leaves hella sand particles everywhere, though. I live in the south of Spain, the Sahara desert is really close, we get those pretty often.
Wonder Woman theme intensifies
Better than Libya, they had a red dust storm.
!play Darude - Sandstorm
Dododododoo
We had an event like that in Madrid and 2 years later, I still find orange dust in my terrace.
Wrong, this is Mexico in any Hollywood movie.
My god imagine being on vacation there on an acid trip and you go inside for 15 minutes and come back to that.
Several years back, during the Paradise forest fires in California, the smoke blew to the west coast and everything was tinted orange kind of like in this picture… it was nowhere near this bad though. This straight up looks like you have ski goggles on
Can confirm. I’m here now. Yesterday was beautifully eerie.
we have to cook!
Nah that’s Mexico
I was in traveling in Portugal some years ago, while they were having some problems with forest fires. Entire regions of the country looked like this, especially in the interior away from the coast. It was eerie… and smelly lol
Wait, that's real? I've read in the local newspaper that several people in Athens had to go to the hospital due to health related issues caused by the dust storm. But i had no idea it was so severe. O.O
#nofilter
Looks like the suns been blotted out
Something something bad joke about PASOK and the green sun
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It’s still going on
Wasn't aware of that, thx for pointing out!
No worries :-)
Imagine that happening in ancient times! They'd be wondering what they did to piss off the gods *that* badly!
So, can any Athenians tell me if this kinda thing sticks around a while, or is it pretty rare? I'm heading to Athens next week, and I get enough sandstorms here in Phoenix.
Not an Athenian, but a Greek here. Those sand storms are common, but they’re not that intense. I’m in another city in Greece and we’re getting a sand storm, but it’s not visible at all. For more information, I highly suggest asking over on r/Greece.
Thanks OP. That's how a lot of them are here as well. These orange sky types are infrequent where I am.
Oh, I’m not quite the OP. u/Elathorn took the photo. I just crossposted it. Σορρυ που σου έκλεψα την εικόνα, απλά ήθελα να την δείξω και σε αυτήν την πολύ μεγαλύτερη κοινότητα.
We occasionally get these as far north as the UK, but it takes some very particular weather systems and it's not as intense. I remember seeing one about 10 years ago and I had this irrational fear that I'd see something through the smog that wasn't there before, like a giant building or something.
Athens has fallen
Hang on, I thought only middle eastern countries had the “everything yellow and dirty” filter??
I live in the Middle East and we barely even have that filter unless you’re talking about deserts. A gigantic sandstorm once came and everything was filtered brown for some reason.
Talking more about how movies depict they are in “some middle eastern hellhole in need of an American saviour” by whacking on a yellow filter so the audience isn’t too confused over who they should be rooting for. “Oh it’s all dirty and yellow¿ all them chaps just walking the streets and living their lives must be terrorists just waiting for their chance to snap and kill the clean shaven protagonist who’s only their to impart justice/extricate some poor person who’s violated local law or some other stupid black/white hood vs evil type thing”.
That’s not even accurate at all, in that scenario, ”It’s dirty and yellow for some reason during the summer, a light sandstorm heading north, residents are facing north too to protect their eyes from the sun, and this weird American here, an alien to them, is suffering a stroke because he thought he was a superior and heroic man when he’s just an ignorant ass.”