Turkmenistan's president has ordered experts to find a way to extinguish the blazing Darvaza natural gas crater dubbed the "Gateway to Hell." Also known as the "Gates of Hall," the crater has burned ...

The Darvaza Natural Gas Crater is a vast, fiery pit, measuring 200 feet wide and 65 feet deep. For the past 50 years, it’s been smoldering away in the middle of the Karakum desert, in the central ...

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This gaping hole in the desert has been burning nonstop since 1971. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The leader of Turkmenistan ...

ASHGABAT, June 19. /TASS/. Specialists from the Turkmengas holding have drafted a plan to extinguish the Darvaza gas crater in the Karakum Desert, which has been on fire for more than fifty years, ...

Not everyone is impressed with the fact that Turkmenistan’s most internationally-recognized site is known as the “Gates of Hell.” President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has reportedly ordered the ...

Deep in the heart of Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert lies one of the most hauntingly beautiful places on Earth, the Darvaza Gas Crater, better known as the "Door to Hell." This is a blazing pit of fire ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country's most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the "Gates ...