Standing at the edge of a crater the size of an American football field that is leaking flaming gas, my old nemesis of vertigo was making himself known. Or was it just the smell of the methane fumes? I was standing alone at the edge of the Darvaza Gas Crater, central Turkmenistan, which is also known as the ‘Door to Hell’ – a very fitting accolade.

It was the middle of the night and there was no other light, except for the flames below, and there were only a couple of other tourists standing on the other side of the crater. I nervously tiptoed closer to the glowing abyss – a hard wind hit me full in the face. The shock of the heat was as asphyxiating as entering freezing water, I could barely breathe and could feel it scorching the entire front of my body. I shielded my face with my hands and arms, an action I found myself repeating every few minutes as the wind whipped around
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God is wonderful.

Who could have thought a place like this exists. This is even the first km leading of another "Stan" country call Turkmenistan.

Woah! That's a detour.

If this looks scary, Hell would be damn hellish. Beloved, turn onto God and be saved from eternal torment.

This catastrophic disaster was actually man made.

ds

God is just so great

rafhell:
This catastrophic disaster was actually man made.

how pls

onatisi:
how pls

when they ask you people ro explore and improve your knowledge you guys will refuse .......the people set it alite to burn some gases but it has been burning since that day till tomorrow

wow


wow

wow

onatisi:
how pls

it was Soviet explorers that thought the gas produced there were small and therefore can be burnt off but that became a mistake and the fire has refused to quench till date though the government of Turkmenistan is planning to close it.

EmeeNaka:
it was Soviet explorers that thought the gas produced there were small and therefore can be burnt off but that became a mistake and the fire has refused to quench till date though the government of Turkmenistan is planning to close it.

putting it out may be quite impossible. Except maybe they block the source of the gas

Never stop running from hellfire!

onatisi:
putting it out may be quite impossible. Except maybe they block the source of the gas

they will just load trips of sands into the crater.

Are they any Nigerian living in this country?