What a trip: Marveling at Greece’s ancient marble weather station

What a trip: Marveling at Greece’s ancient marble weather station

Greece / submitted by Don Hart with Ricardo Macagnan of Virginia Beach Last fall was our second visit to Athens, and it seems that something new is always discovered. As a Navy meteorologist, I couldn’t come across a better discovery than the world’s first meteorological weather station. The eight sides of this octagon-shaped structure, which is called the Tower of the Winds, take into account the eight cardinal directions of the wind compass. I…