Turkmenistan fire pit spiders. Located in the karakum desert of central turkmenistan a little over 150 miles from the countrys capital the pit attracts hundreds of tourists each year. A world renowned explorer has become the first person to descend into the door to hell a flame pit in turkmenistan that has burned for more than 40 years. The gas crater has a total area of 5350 m 2. The hole in derweze turkmenistan was created in 1971 when a drilling rig used by soviet geologists collapsed.
Droazh literally gate. If they are not there and thriving because. Its not volcanic thats not magma in fact this sinister flame pit was man made and thought to be the. Giant fire pit in desert known as gates of hell has been burning for over 50 years by jessica stewart on may 1 2020 photo.
Also known as darvaza is a village in turkmenistan of about 350 inhabitants located in the middle of the karakum desert about 260 km north of ashgabat. Spectacular images have been released of. The darvaza gas crater turkmen. In 2004 the village was disbanded following the order of the president of turkmenistan.
Deep in the karakum desert is a place so metal that hordes of camel spiders routinely plunge to their deaths into a pit of fire. Locals have suitably dubbed it the door to hell officially its known as the darvaza gas crater. The team decided to burn off poisonous gases inside the crater but the fire which. Garagum yalkymy also known as the door to hell or gates of hell is a natural gas field collapsed into a cavern located in derweze turkmenistan.
It would be hard to say without doing any on site research. It also attracts nearby desert. Stock photos from matyas rehakshutterstock deep in the heart of turkmenistans karakum desert a fiery crater glows day and night. Soviet geologists may have intentionally set it on fire to prevent the spread of methane gas and it is thought to have been burning continuously since 1971.
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