Undoubtedly in my mind the climax of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the opening of the Ark of the Covenant provides viewers with quite a unique take on the wrath of God as well as some exploration with fancy special effects. While I wanted to attempt to capture some of these special effects in this MOC, I thought it best to leave the scene as a "just before things get really bad" scenario.
I am sure some eyebrows will be raised in response to the inclusion of the R2-D2 and C-3PO heads... The explanation is that the pole to which Indy and Marion are tied to is shown in the movie as having some mysterious sphere on top (speculated by many to be R2's dome head). C-3PO's head made a good substitution for the ram's head that should reside on Belloq's staff. And since in the movie there is a brief Easter egg showing the droid dynamic duo in the Well of Souls (which I absent-mindedly forgot), it seemed only right that they be included in the final scene of Raiders.
As always, a big thanks to all the HP builders for giving me the idea to make my own series of vignettes.