This is a 328 foot wide hole that has been burning for 38 years. In the early 1970s, the Soviets were drilling a hole when they (oops) punctured a large natural gas pocket. The ground collapsed pulling the drilling equipment with it. Poisonous gases leaked out and to prevent a catastrophe, they set it on fire.
Need to enter the underworld for any reason? Here you go. It is located in Turkmenistan.
2 comments:
That's wicked cool. How close can the average person get to it? Is it a touristy thing, like the volcanoes in Hawaii?
I'm flattered that you think I know the answers to these questions. :)
I gave you all I know. :(
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