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DARVAZA - DOOR TO HELL!

Welcome! Come on in if you dare! Darvaza is located in the central area of Turkmenistan, about 260 km north of Turkmenistan's capital city Ashgabat.       Turkmenistan is very rich in natural resources. Currently a sovereign country, but once was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. It was this time, back in 1971, when geologists were conducting gas drilling in Kara-Kum desert and discovered an underground chamber close to the village of Darvaza. The discovery of the chamber was accidental and resulted in a drilling rig collapsing, leaving a giant gas crater of about one hundred meters of diameter and more than twenty meters of depth filled with poisonous gases exposed to the world outside. The concentration of gases within the crater was high so nobody dared to go down there. It was then when someone came with an idea to light the gas in the crater on fire so as to burn it before the poisonous fumes engulf the nearby town of Darvaza.       The geologists thought the idea of burning the gas was smart so went ahead with lighting the crater on fire. As it turns out, the supply of quality natural gas below the crater is near infinite as the crater's been burning ever since 1971. They originally thought the fire would go out after just a few days.       The locals from Darvaza have given the burning crater a name that suits it well - The Door to Hell. And everyone who visits Darvaza agrees with the name and finds it appropriate. When you look inside the burning gas crater, you do feel like this is what the door to hell would look like. No one dared to enter the chamber when it was first discovered and no one has dared there since. After all, everyone knows what kind of path a door to hell takes you. And it's not the path anyone would voluntarily want to embark on.

Here then is what this 'Door To Hell' Looks Like. Enjoy :)

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." ~ Psalms 9:17

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