The Story...
http://mythicalrealm.com/mythical-gods-legends/bellerophon-and-the-chimera/
of the Mythical Fire-Breathing Chimera.
And at the base of Mt Olympus...The Fires of Chimera.
The Reality even more mystical...unbelievable...than the Myth.
Due to an over abundance of methane and other naturally occurring gases...this geothermal area has been burning day and night since the time of Pliny The Elder. A fact passed down in writing by historians of the time which quoted him as saying
"...indeed burned with a flame that does not die by day or by night."
Pliny the Elder died in the year 79 AD. on August 25 with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried Pompeii.
Wrap your brain around that for a minute.
They have been burning constantly for 1,937 years.
(...and my pilot light goes out on the water heater in a strong wind...wth???)
Still today the Chimera Fires burn on....
https://youtu.be/6l5XJpYnyJE
(tour)
https://youtu.be/7VdZmCiKv2o
(at night)
https://youtu.be/UhjXhh-jhWA
(the best video of the fires)
More anon...
as tomorrow we finish our Virtual Turkish Adventure!