In the 13th century, when Marco Polo visited the then-Persian city of Baku, he mentioned numerous mysterious flames that could be found all over the region at various places of the Abşeron... »

Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Tawsam

Lava does weird things. When it flows from a volcano or some other fiery leak in the earth's crust, its surface cools and hardens in the open air, but a viscous molten core continues to flow... »

Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Natural History, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Mark_Casey and Rachel

There is true power in the ability of a landscape to capture a person's imagination enough to midwife legend that still remains after millennia. Olympos Coastal National Park, home to scattered... »

Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by serflac and atimian

Usually, when speaking of geological phenomena, one speaks of time in "aeons” or references events as "prehistoric." But on the Big Island of Hawai'i, the vocabulary's a little different. Lava... »

Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

Situated on the Abşeron Peninsula, the Fire Temple (Ateşgah) of Baku was a place of sacrifice built above a natural gas vent. Fire rituals at the peninsula’s numerous natural gas vents can be... »

Fiery Wonders, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Tawsam and atimian

Mount Wingen has been smoldering for 6000 years without stop. Just below the surface of the earth in New South Wales, a coal seam has been burning and slowly moving south along the mountain at a... »

Fiery Wonders | Edited by A Facebook user and atimian

The average hot tub costs around $2500. Throw in maintenance costs, a new swimsuit and a privacy fence to keep your neighbor from seeing your beer belly, and you're looking at closer to $4000. If... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Located in the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression) in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, it is one of the driest, lowest and hottest places on earth. At best the region is 77 °F and at... »

Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Dylan and atimian

New Zealanders like to refer to their land as "God's Own Country," a land of plenty with beautiful scenery and a temperate climate. But located 230 km south of Auckland lies a city that bears more... »

Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes | Edited by Dylan, PaperTiger and others

The highest point on Pico Island in the Azores, Mount Pico is a stratovolcano that reaches an altitude of nearly 8,000 feet above sea level. At more than twice the altitude of any other peak in... »

Fiery Wonders, Anomalous Islands | Edited by HerkJason and Nicholas Jackson