The Fire This Time

WNY Trails

There are some places around the world where flames leap out of the ground nonstop. By all accounts, one of the most spectacular of these is in Chestnut Ridge Park, New York. These jets are fed by gases created at extremely high temperatures deep within the Earth. However, scientists are finding that the gas that fuels this particular flame seems to be produced in a unique way: http://news.discovery.com/earth/rocks-fossils/eternal-flames-natural-gas-source-130513.htm