The Mud Volcanoes

This was a view from the apartment one night this week.

Sunday we travelled out of Baku to Gobustan to see the Petroglyphs and mud volcanoes with The McCrae Family and Lina.

The petroglyphs are cave cavings of shamen, cattle, horses and deer. There is a small museum and just outside a miniature 'tamborine stone' which sounds like a drum when hit by stones.

The mud volcanoes is a desolute place which is known as Clangerland. Natural gas produces the volcano's flatulence. The expanding gas cools as it emerges making the mud surprising chilly. On rare occasions, extreme gas pressure blows out the whole crater throwing masses of mud & rock in the air. The methane can ignite a dramatic flare that may burn for weeks.

As you can see Nathan and Natasha enjoyed themselves !!