Near
Çıralı, Turkey, on that nation's southwestern coast, you can find fires
burning near the shore. They've burned for thousands of years, fueled
by underground sources of methane and hydrogen. Kaushik of Amusing
Planet writes about the impact they left on ancient observers:
For
hundreds of years, sailors could see the flames from sea and used them
as a landmark to navigate, but today they are more often used by hikers
to brew tea. These flames, according to some ancient literature, gave
birth to the myth of the Chimera, a fire breathing mythical beast with
the body and head of a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its
back, and a tail that ended in a snake's head.
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