Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Gates of Hell

We set our thermostats down in the winter because we don’t want to waste gas. Meanwhile, a big hole in the ground in Turkmenistan has been burning natural gas for over 40 years, just to get rid of it.
Its officially  called the Darvasa Gas Crater but everyone calls it the Gates of Hell. Dylan from Atlas Obscura tells the tale.

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