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The Gate to Hell - Darvaza, Turkmenistan

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Uploaded by on Sep 6, 2009

A giant crater in the middle of the Karakum desert, known by the local population as the Gate to Hell, the Darvaza crater was created after an accident in the Soviet era while drilling for natural gas. It has been burning ever since.

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  • Here's the real cause of global warming ladies and gents :P

  • suggestion: how about people start throwing their garbage in? a great idea for garbage disposal, ey?

  • JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP NOW CAUSE YOULL BE GOING THERE ANYWAYS IN 60-80 YEARS!

  • such a waste of precious natural gas!

  • I dare one of you guy jump in there

  • Fuck yeah xD

  • 1,000 people could sit around this camp fire :)

  • lets all burn marshmallows

  • @beanothedon its more environmentally healthy for it to burn out the natural gasses then letting out into the ozone causing more greenhouse gasses

  • I wouldve bumped somebody by accident for standing too close to the edge first person view fall

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