The Caspian Sea Exploded Into a Towering Inferno, And The Cause Was Entirely Natural
The Caspian Sea Exploded Into a Towering Inferno, And The Cause Was Entirely Natural HARRY BAKER, LIVESCIENCE 7 JULY 2021 A towering inferno, hundreds of feet tall, burned above the Caspian Sea on Sunday (July 4) after a massive explosion in Azerbaijan's oil and gas fields. The culprit? A mud volcano, authorities now say. The blast occurred around 9:30 pm local time (1:30 pm ET, 5:30 pm UTC) around 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the Umid gas field, which is 45 miles (75 km) off the coast of Azerbaijan's capital Baku, and it continued to burn into Monday morning, according to the BBC. Loc...
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