Travel globally to the Moon
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If you are looking for unusual places to explore during your holiday (e.g. volcanoes), for your safety we recommend “miniature” volcanoes which are less dangerous.
In Buzau county, Romania you can have an almost a lunar experience if you visit the muddy volcanoes. What are the muddy volcanoes? They are formations of geologic origin, in which the natural gases push towards the surface a mixture of clay and water. The wet soil gets dry as soon as it reaches the surface and it forms cone-shaped structures similar to volcanoes. This phenomenon is not very common in Europe. But you can find them also in Azerbaijan and on other continents you can see them in Siberia, Australia or Trinidad.
A very serious eruption of muddy volcanoes took place in May 2006 in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. By November 2006, the eruption was throwing out almost 125.000 cube metres of mud.
Around the muddy volcanoes the landscape looks you are on a different planet where life is lacking because few plants find perfect conditions for growing in the area. So you can have photos taken and pretend you’ve been to the moon and back.
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I would travel to the moon and back if you’d been my baby… as the song goes.
Interesting post. I had no idea about these volcanoes. Since they are less risky than real volcanoes, it worths visiting them.