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Mud Volcanoes(Pâclele)

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Mud volcanoes are formations created by natural gas from 3,000 meters deep, which pass through a clay soil, in combination with groundwater. The gases push water mixed with clay to the surface. The mud formed by them comes to the surface and, in those places, dries in contact with the air, forming conical structures similar to volcanoes. The mud that comes to the surface is cold because it comes from layers of clay. A total of about 1,100 muddy volcanoes are known around the world. In Europe there are very few mud volcanoes on the continent, such as those in Buzau, Romania and Azerbaijan, but many exist under the sea, such as muddy volcanoes in Norwegian waters, the Caspian Sea and the Barents. In Romania, the most famous and spectacular are the muddy volcanoes from Beciu in the Buzău Subcarpathians, between Berca and Arbănași. There are also the muddy volcanoes of Păclele Mari and Păclele Mici, which, like the specific vegetation associated with them (which include the endemic species Nitraria schoberi and Obione verrucifera) are components of a nature reserve. The Muddy Volcanoes Reserve, the place where the earth boils, covers about 30 ha between the Buzau localities Scorțoasa and Berca and consists of 4 areas: La Fierbători, Pâclele Mari, Pâclele Mici and Beciu. The landscape that arises on the surface of the earth is a constantly changing one, new volcanoes are constantly being created while the older ones are becoming extinct one by one. The volcanoes, in whose craters the fluid and shining mud boils, surrounded by the arid and cracked field in contrast to the nature that erupts in the immediate vicinity form such a spectacular landscape that you wonder if it is real. At the entrance to the protected area, well-maintained panels provide scientific information about volcanoes and surrounding vegetation. The surrounding wilderness strengthens the feeling of selenium realm. The petrified mudslides ascend and descend in smooth slopes, in some places cracked, in others, striated, and in others still fluid. Legend has it that when the Ogres lived on earth, here were the most beautiful cattle and the best pastures. In order to rule over them, the people drove the Ogres underground and they have lived there ever since. In order to take revenge on the people, the Ogres made mud holes, where clean water is collected, and if anyone, human or animal, tries to drink from it, the mud hole swallows it, and no one can save it.

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