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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"
"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
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
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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
Gas flaring
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Central America
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2001.29.7571 Gas station, van parked out front
Khomas
Soldier pumping gas into truck 2
2003.17.2500 Soldier pumping gas into truck 2
Korea
Soldier pumping gas into truck
2003.17.2499 Soldier pumping gas into truck
Korea
Soldier pumping gas into truck 3
2003.17.2501 Soldier pumping gas into truck 3
Korea
Gas lamp on street
2004.24.29716 Gas lamp on street
Merida
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Molepolole