Originally a level surface, the site was identified
by Soviet scientists in 1971 as an area that was
believed to house a substantial oil field
But this huge crater is amazingly a real-life
phenomenon which has been flaming away for
more than four decades.

The 230ft-wide crater, known by locals in
Turkmenistan as the ‘Door to Hell’, has baffled
scientists since it first appeared more than 40
years ago.
However, the ground beneath the drilling rig
soon collapsed, creating a wide crater that was
believed to be releasing large quantities of
methane gas, a potential danger to the nearby
villages in Derweze, Turkmenistan.

Scientists decided that the most efficient way to
solve the problem would be to burn off the
poisonous gases — by doing so, it was expected
that all of the gas in the crater would be burnt
off within days.

More than four decades later, though, the crater
is still ablaze with endless flames and boiling mud
– and hundreds of tourists flock to visit it every
year.


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