5 Weird facts about the GATES OF HELL IN TURKMENISTAN #shorts
Channel: Geography Fast
Date: 2023-06-16

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In the hot and vast KARAKUM DESERT in Turkmenistan, near the 350-inhabitant village of Darvaza,  a 70-meter-wide hole  has been burning for more than 50 years. Although technically called the Darvaza Gas Crater, it is known to locals as the "Gateway to Hell". Its fiery glow can be seen for miles. The crater 
 
  Gates of Hell  was formed in 1971 when a Soviet oil rig accidentally crashed into a huge underground natural gas cavern, causing the floor and the entire oil facility to collapse. After the gas bubble was punctured, toxic fumes began to emanate, and at an alarming rate.
 
 To stave off a possible environmental catastrophe, the Soviets set fire to the hole, thinking it would stop burning in a few weeks. Decades later,  the fiery pit is still  strong. It is believed that the Soviet oil rig is  still somewhere on the other side of the "Gate to Hell".


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