The natural gas flame in Jollo Muki Gompa at Muktinath

'Now we're cooking with Gas' as they say in Australia. This looks much more impressive than it did in real life. The blue flame is about 5 centimetres high (that's about 2 inches in old money). It burns over a little stream that runs throught the Gompa. Sadly the flame is said to dwindle every year. Visit before the gas field is exhausted.

Copyright IanPJohnson 1998

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