ВИДЕО СООБЩЕСТВА “АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН ОНЛАЙН“ “In the 13th century Marco Polo mentioned numerous natural gas flames spurting spontaneously from the Absheron Peninsula. Most burned out when the drilling of oil wel reduced underground pressure. Yanar Dag (Fire Mountain) lives on, making for one of Absheron's stranger sights. Locals claim that a natural gas vent on this modest hillock was accidentally ignited by a shepherd's cigarette back in the 1950s. A 10m-long wall of fire has been blazing away
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