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 set ...

Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more than 50 years. The "Gates of Hell," also known as the Darvaza gas crater after a nearby village, is a methane- and fire-filled ...

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, June 13. Turkmenistan has significantly reduced methane emissions from the Darvaza Gas Crater, Trend reports. According to an official source, ...

The ‘Gateway to Hell’, an enormous fire that has been raging in Turkmenistan for more than 50 years, has been tamed. The Turkmenistan government said that the authorities have been able to ...

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Experience the surreal intensity of the Darvaza Gas Crater—famously known as the “Door to Hell”—with this ground-level ...