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The Darvaza gas crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), [1] also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, 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.
Turkmenistan’s Darvaza Gas Crater – often referred to as the ‘Gates of Hell’ – is famed for the ethane-fueled flames that escape from its vents. But some say the fires aren’t burning ...
The gates of hell are various places on the surface of the world that have acquired a ... The Door to Hell, a burning natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan.
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 ...
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 ...
English: The Door to Hell, a burning natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan. This image is made from three 17mm shots stitched together and the field of view (~170°) is larger than it may appear (the field has roughly the size of two basketball courts).
The Gates of Hell is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin. Gates of Hell, Gate of Hell or Door to Hell may also refer to: Gates of hell, one of various legendary geographic locations Darvaza gas crater, a burning natural gas deposit near Derweze, Turkmenistan; Gate of Hell, a 1953 Japanese samurai film; Gates of Hell trilogy, a film trilogy by Lucio Fulci
On 6 November 2013 he was the first person to enter the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan (a burning natural gas field known as the "Gates of Hell"). [4] Kourounis does stints as a tour guide for Cloud 9 Tours. [citation needed]