Tag: Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater, the ‘door to hell’
The Darvaza gas crater, commonly known as the Gates of Hell or Door to Hell, is an extraordinary geological formation. Located in Turkmenistan, this natural gas field collapsed into an underground cavern due to a drilling mishap. Soviet engineers set the 230-foot hole on fire while exploring for gas in 1971. The ground beneath the…