Flaming Crater, Darvaza Turkmenistan 3/6 - Phillips Connor
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Uploaded by madexpat on Jul 21, 2007
View of the crater from a distant hilltop with a Turkic ambulatory shrine.
The Darvaza 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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i'm surprised no one put a wall or some kind of cage around it.
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lava pit in minecraft
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kamerramenraaaaaaaaa..........
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jjajajajaja ke mamamdas
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looks like a fun camp fire to mee! where's the marshmellows!
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gate way to hell also know as oprahs house lmao
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its real
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I am not questioning it being real or not I find it really awesome. But I am really curious to know how it was set on fire. With a match stick or lighter or...??
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Minecraft ?????????
WTF ????
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UniversalPotatoSoup 3 months ago 9
Pee in it.
Jeffrey4004 4 months ago 9