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"Yanar Dag, the 'eternally burning mountainside,' is fueled by natural gas allegedly ignited in the 1950s by a shepherd's cigarette. Absheron District, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Image Not Available for "Yanar Dag, the 'eternally burning mountainside,' is fueled by natural gas allegedly ignited in the 1950s by a shepherd's cigarette. Absheron District, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Object Number 2019.5.2.12
Display Title "Yanar Dag, the 'eternally burning mountainside,' is fueled by natural gas allegedly ignited in the 1950s by a shepherd's cigarette. Absheron District, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Print
Department Photographic
Date 2012
Artist Chloe Dewe Mathews (2010)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Azerbaijan / Absheron District
Materials Print, color
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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"Yanar Dag, the 'eternally burning mountainside,' is fueled by a seep of natural gas that was allegedly ignited in the 1950s by a shepherd who dropped his cigarette on the ground. Absheron District, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.10 "Yanar Dag, the 'eternally burning mountainside,' is fueled by a seep of natural gas that was allegedly ignited in the 1950s by a shepherd who dropped his cigarette on the ground. Absheron District, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Absheron District
Image Not Available for "The 'Door to Hell' is a 70-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater created in 1971 when Soviet geologists were drilling in the desert and the ground gave way. It was ignited and has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.2.19 "The 'Door to Hell' is a 70-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater created in 1971 when Soviet geologists were drilling in the desert and the ground gave way. It was ignited and has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
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Darvaza
"The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.21 "The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Darvaza
Image Not Available for "Open-air café at the Shafa Sanatorium. In the 1950s, the Soviet government offered free holiday flights to sanatoriums in Naftalan housing 2,500 guests. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
2019.5.2.11 "Open-air café at the Shafa Sanatorium. In the 1950s, the Soviet government offered free holiday flights to sanatoriums in Naftalan housing 2,500 guests. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
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Naftalan
"Open-air cafe at the Shafa Sanatorium. In the 1950s, the Soviet government offered free holiday flights to sanatoriums in Naftalan housing 2,500 guests. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
2019.5.1.1 "Open-air cafe at the Shafa Sanatorium. In the 1950s, the Soviet government offered free holiday flights to sanatoriums in Naftalan housing 2,500 guests. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010"
Photographic
Naftalan
"Oil sits on the surface of the water alongside the Baku Boulevard. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.12 "Oil sits on the surface of the water alongside the Baku Boulevard. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Baku
"Some of the hundreds of letters of gratitude sent from all over the Soviet Union to the doctors at Naftalan, now in the collection of the town museum. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.5 "Some of the hundreds of letters of gratitude sent from all over the Soviet Union to the doctors at Naftalan, now in the collection of the town museum. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Naftalan
"For decades, the town museum has collected walking sticks and crutches left by Naftalan patients. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
2019.5.1.4 "For decades, the town museum has collected walking sticks and crutches left by Naftalan patients. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2012"
Photographic
Naftalan
Image Not Available for "Model of a prehistoric shaman on display at Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
2019.5.2.21 "Model of a prehistoric shaman on display at Gobustan National Park Museum. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
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Qobustan
Image Not Available for "Petroglyphs, some more than 12,000 years old, adorn Gobustan National Park, A 'transpersonal therapist,' regularly travels from the capital to perform shamanic rituals at the prehistoric site. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
2019.5.2.20 "Petroglyphs, some more than 12,000 years old, adorn Gobustan National Park, A 'transpersonal therapist,' regularly travels from the capital to perform shamanic rituals at the prehistoric site. Gobustan, Azerbaijan, 2015"
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Qobustan
Image Not Available for “A woman sits in crude ‘miracle oil’ at the sanatorium town of Naftalan where a ten-minute daily bath is said to have medicinal benefits. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010”
2019.5.2.10 “A woman sits in crude ‘miracle oil’ at the sanatorium town of Naftalan where a ten-minute daily bath is said to have medicinal benefits. Naftalan, Azerbaijan, 2010”
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Naftalan
Image Not Available for “The Flame Towers were the tallest buildings in Baku when completed in 2013. Their surface is covered with LED screens that resemble flickering flames at night. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2015”
2019.5.2.13 “The Flame Towers were the tallest buildings in Baku when completed in 2013. Their surface is covered with LED screens that resemble flickering flames at night. Baku, Azerbaijan, 2015”
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Baku