"The gates of Hell" gas crater in Turkmenistan

In the early ' 70s, near the village Darwaza in Turkmenistan Soviet geologists discovered a cluster of underground gas. As a result of excavation and drilling of an exploratory well, geologists discovered an underground cavern (emptiness), from which the earth and formed a big hole filled with gas. When geologists discovered a cavern, a hole in the ground began to grow, taking equipment and transport. The gas is not left on the surface, it decided to fire, expecting that the flame soon goes out. However, the hole turned into an eternal torch, which the locals called the "Gates of Hell". Is burning crater in 1971.













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