Turkmenistan's giant burning gas crater
August 30th 2010 The Darvaza gas crater was created about 30 years ago when a drilling rig collapsed into an underground cavern of natural gas. Someone made the decision to try and burn off the gas. They figured it would only burn for a few days, but it's been burning ever since. The crater is known locally as "The Gates of Hell".
We camped about 7km away from the crater and then took an old soviet military
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