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Yanardag - natural eternal flame that burns on a hillside in Azerbaijan.





Not far from Baku on the Apsheron peninsula can meet this burning mountain. Yanardag so called Azeris its unusual sight, not very cordially welcomes visitors. Not everyone dares to approach the mountain, constantly releasing threatening flames, which fears neither rain, nor snow, nor the strong wind.



Whatever it was, but wanting to look at a fascinating and bewitching beauty has not diminished. Beautiful mountain Yanardag at any time, but most travelers still prefer to visit this place under cover of night, when the flame appears in all its majesty. Then it seems that the mountain hides enormous treasures that are so numerous that it is impossible to hide them shine at night.



Since ancient times the territory of Absheron peninsula was a lot of fire-worshipers, who then could hardly explain the origin of this unusual phenomenon.



Today, already it is no secret that the reason lies in natural gas, which is peculiar to escape out of the layers of sandstone. Azerbaijani cultural studies argue that oil and gas reserves in these places are so close to the surface of that part of their sloshing has long been no surprises. Moreover, just until recently, Apsheron be easy to find such a place, where the land could instantly turn into a "flaming torch" from only one lit match.



Description here is a fire that appeared "out of nowhere", can be found in the works of the famous traveler Alexandre Dumas and M. Polo.



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