DOOR TO HELL!

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 DOOR TO HELL!


The gas crater is located near the village of Derweze, also known as Darvaza.  It is in the middle of the Karakum Desert, about 260 kilometres (160 mi) north  of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. The gas reserve found here is one of the  largest in the world. The name "Door to Hell" was given to the field by the locals,  referring to the fire, boiling mud, and orange flames in the large crater, which has a diameter of 70 metres (230 ft)  The hot spots range over an area with a width of 60 metres (200 ft) and to a depth of about 20 metres (66 ft)






It is understood that Soviet geologists initially came across the site in 1971. 
They were searching for natural gas and found so much of it that harvesting it became unsafe. Shortly after they began drilling, the crater collapsed and began emitting harmful and unpleasant gases.Worried about the effects of the dangerous gas, the Russian geologists set the gas alight to make the area safe. Thereafter, it has been historically, burning for more than four decades, even after scientists expected it to burn out after a few weeks.

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