“The Burning Mountain” is located just a 15-minute drive from Baku in the village of Mammadli. Here natural gas leaks from a thin layer of sandstone, fueling flames that burn continuously, rising up to three meters (ten feet). Walking near these fiery walls, you feel both awe and a strange, gentle warmth — as if the land itself is alive.
Read more in Tripatini contributor Somans Leisure Tours India´s post The Flames that Never Die: the Mystical Fires of Azerbaijan.
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