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This natural gas field in Turkmenistan has been on fire for decades, but officials say it may soon be running on empty.
The “Gates of Hell” have been furiously burning away in Turkmenistan for decades, but scientists now have reason to believe ...
Turkmenistan’s flaming Darvaza crater, known as the “Gate to Hell,” is finally dying out after 50 years. What began as a ...
Currently, Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell measures roughly 230 feet wide by 100 feet deep, and often exceeds 1,832 degrees ...
The Darvaza Gas Crater, known as the 'Gates of Hell', has been burning for at least 40 years and is one of the most bizarre ...
The Gate to Hell has been open since the 1980s – but it might finally be running out of gas. Deep in the arid desert of Turkmenistan, a huge crater has been burning with the wrath of a thousand flames ...
In the heart of the Turkmen Karakum desert, a crater has been burning for more than half a century, which is called the ...
For over 50 years the 'Gates of Hell' have been on fire and now an important update has been given by government officials.
Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have ...
On several occasions, the Turkmenistan government has mentioned ... where visitors can snatch a bird’s-eye-view of the Gates of Hell. “Arriving at Darvaza at night is definitely the best ...