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  2. Darvaza gas crater - Wikipedia

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    The Darvaza gas crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), [1] also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, or, officially, the Shining of Karakum, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. [2] Hundreds of natural gas fires illuminate the floor and rim of the crater. The crater has been burning since the 1980s.

  3. 'The Door to Hell' is a real place, and it's stunning - AOL

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    The Darvaza Gas Crater is a fiery, burning natural gas field in Turkmenistan. Located in the Karakum Desert, people have nicknamed it "The Door to Hell."

  4. Karakum Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Darvaza gas crater, also known as the Door to Hell, at night in the Karakum Desert. The Karakum is home to the Darvaza gas crater. Also called the "Door to Hell" or the "Gates of Hell" by locals, it is a crater of natural gas that has been burning since 1971. The crater is a major tourist attraction, with hundreds of visitors arriving each ...

  5. Gates of hell - Wikipedia

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    Gates of hell. The gates of hell are various places on the surface of the world that have acquired a legendary reputation for being entrances to the underworld. Often they are found in regions of unusual geological activity, particularly volcanic areas, or sometimes at lakes, caves, or mountains.

  6. Archaeologists Found the Ruins of the Famous ‘Backdoor to Hell'

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    Archaeologists Found the Ruins of the Famous ‘Backdoor to Hell'. ALL YOU NEEDED to do to find the “backdoor to Hell” was to search underneath what is known as the ancient Church Group site ...

  7. Darvaza - Wikipedia

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    Darvaza (from Persian: دروازه, Turkmen: Derweze) is a rural council (village council) in Ak bugdaý District, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan of about 2 thousand inhabitants, located in the middle of the Karakum Desert, about 260 km north of Ashgabat. The rural council consists of three separate villages: Derweze (formerly Aeroport) (the ...

  8. Houska Castle - Wikipedia

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    Houska Castle is an early Gothic castle in the municipality of Blatce in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It lies about 47 km (29 mi) north of Prague. [ 1 ] It is one of the best preserved castles of the period. Some notable features of the castle include a predominantly Gothic chapel, a green chamber with late-Gothic paintings, and a ...

  9. Greek underworld - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In Greek mythology, the Greek underworld, or Hades, is a distinct realm (one of the three realms that make up the cosmos) where an individual goes after death. The earliest idea of afterlifein Greek myth is that, at the moment of death, an individual's essence (psyche) is separated from the corpse and transported to the underworld.[1 ...