Burning for 6000 Years (Public Board)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WqIKlapg_M
This Mountain Has Been Burning For Over 6000 Years
Burning Mountain in the Hunter Valley in NSW. A coal seam ignited 6000 years ago and has been burning ever since.
Burning for 6000 Years
Its unlikely that it will run out of coal for the fire. There are several places in the US that have similar coal mine fires. They burn for hundreds of years. I guess there is no way to really put the fires out.
In Pennsylvania there are several mine fires in different places. Last year when we went to visit my brother in PA we got lost and ended up driving in Centralia, PA. There were all kinds of detours and roadwork. They have a burning mine. It is a creepy, creepy place with a bad vibe. I could feel it just driving around there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania
Supposedly Centralia, PA was the inspiration for the movie "Silent Hill". I don't know if you ever saw it but it captures the dreary feeling of the place.
I never realized there were mines that burned for so long. The good thing in NSW is it looks like its in an uninhabited area.
Burning for 6000 Years
I don't think it's a mine. It started thousands of years ago.
Talking of creepy places, many years ago the missus and I were driving through Queenstown in Tasmania, approaching the west coast, and where we had planned to find a motel for the night, and we got the same very uneasy feeling!
We kept driving and found a bed somewhere else.
Burning for 6000 Years
On the actual coast. And there was a shop there that sold fudge among other things. Now I'm no fudge eater but this was delicious.