Flaming Gas Crater (Night) / Turkmenistan, Darvaza
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Uploaded by flydimeFlickr on Apr 30, 2010
The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971 geologists accidentally found an underground cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 50-100 meters. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided to burn the gas. Geologists had hoped the fire would go out in a few days but it has been burning ever since. Locals have named the cavern The Door to Hell.
Next to capturing the gas, flaring is safer and friendlier to the environment than releasing the methane into the atmosphere as methane is a relatively potent greenhouse gas with a high global warming potential of 72 (averaged over 20 years) or 25 (averaged over 100 years).
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There is no winter :))
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wow satens enterence
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Great place to cook marshmallows!
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This is why you don't touch creepers in Minecraft.
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Minecraft TNT crater????????!
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Imagine fallling in there.
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That's better... HQ
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They are wasting their resources.
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@GYROMIGHT1 Get BBQ'ed xD
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so, what happens if you fall in?
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