When natural gas from deep underground reservoirs escapes from cracks in the rock, it can sometimes burn autonomously for thousands of years.
In New York state, a small fire glimmers behind a waterfall. It’s a natural phenomenon that has captured imaginations for thousands of years: the eternal flame.Caused by gas spilling up from deep underground reservoirs, some have been burning for millennia and may have inspired Biblical tales.
Fueled by a continuous emission of gas, some flames can burn for thousands of years. “And from this, the word eternal flame,” he says. Some fires might be put out by rainfall but, depending on the intensity of the gas seep and the ground conditions, “they can re-burn autonomously,” says Etiope.
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