How to look like the fiery Gates of hell in Turkmenistan (photo)

Flames erupt from the giant crater, almost half a century.

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In the Turkmen Karakum desert, 270 km from Ashkhabad is a fairly scary attraction — the Darvaza gas crater, also called “Door to hell” or “Gates of hell”. And this is no accident.

Published Finally I Know Geography (@finallyiknow_geography) July 22, 2018 at 3:53 PDT

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Darvaz is a giant hole in the ground with a diameter of 60 meters and a depth of 20 meters, which pulled out of the flames.

A huge fire pit was formed in 1971 when Soviet geologists discovered in this place large reserves of underground gas and tried to establish his production. But as a result of excavation and drilling collapsed under the earth drilling rig, equipment and vehicles, and out began to escape a dangerous gas.

To avoid harmful effects on humans and livestock, the scientists decided the pit with gas fire, hoping a few days of the underground reserves will burn out. But there it was. Darvaza gas crater burns continuously for almost 50 years.

Publication of Tabeer Tourism (@tabeer_tourism) Sep 18, 2017 at 2:30 PDT

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