Meteora, Greece, in a 360-degree night panorama. The village of Kastraki at the feet of giant sandstone cliffs are on the right. The Milky Way arches from Cassiopeia (left) to Scorpius (right). The light dome of the neighboring yown Kalabaka appears on the right. Meteora is a historic complex of lofty bizarre monasteries which are built on (or inside) giant natural sandstone rock pillars. Some are about a thousand years old. The name Meteora means "middle of the sky" or "in the heavens above".