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Recent visitors to Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater have been left cold by the landmark’s feeble flames amid government efforts to suppress the blaze. Now Turkmenistan has announced a technical plan ...
Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert hosts a fiery pit, the Darvaza Gas Crater, nicknamed the Door to Hell. This site has blazed for ...
Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have set ...
Experience the surreal intensity of the Darvaza Gas Crater—famously known as the “Door to Hell”—with this ground-level footage that captures the roaring flames, scorched earth, and haunting glow of ...
The site in Turkmenistan burns through millions of cubic meters of natural gas each year. The exact cause behind the Darvaza Gas Crater—also known as the Shining of Karakum—remains a mystery, but ...