Fire spurted from a concave mirror Wednesday as a priestess, kneeling in her long, pleated dress before a ruined Greek temple, focused the blazing sun's rays on her metal torch.Stergos Kastelloriou reports.
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Backup flame for Rio lit in birthplace of ancient Olympics
Fire spurted from a concave mirror Wednesday as a priestess, kneeling in her long, pleated dress before a ruined Greek temple, focused the blazing sun's rays on her metal torch.Stergos Kastelloriou reports.
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