Village Underground lights

Nendzhioen village, which is located in the southwest of China, known as the Invisible Village Fire. The air is so saturated with methane that a single spark can start a fire. Villagers have learned to live with it and even use the methane for their own purposes, but they do it very carefully so as not to cause vzryv.

Methane in the air comes out of the ground - it seeps out of the cracks. The concentration of gas is so high that no one in the village can not light a match, a cigarette or using electrical equipment. Residents need to be careful, because their metal tools can emit sparks, especially when hit the stone. Gas was discovered about a year ago, when 83-year-old Su Geng complained to the authorities on a strange smell in her podvale.

"After the test, I was told that this methane seeping out of the ground," she said. "The workers set fire to the air, to prove this fact." Natural gas field is located near the village. Therefore, the gas seeps in the village. This seems to be true, but the locals own version. They blame the evil spirits and invite priests to get rid of the fire. Naturally, this is not rabotaet.

But people continue to believe in otherworldly forces, despite scientific evidence of this phenomenon. Some even believe that one terrible day the fire will cover the entire area. But there are those who have used this natural feature to their advantage, and led to his house otoplenie.

Such areas exist in many places in the world. For example, the slope on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, where the lights were burning for thousands of years - because of methane.

Source: drunov.ru/news/derevnya_podzemnykh_ogney/