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Darvaza: The Burning Gates



In 1971 a search for gas went wrong when a whole drilling rig fell into an underground cavern. Natural gas started coming up from the hole. It was set alight so it wouldn't kill everything around. For 35 years now the flames keep burning providing an spectacular seen for tourists. At night the burning gas makes the crater seen from miles away. The crater is located in Turkmenistan in the heart of the Karakum desert. The crater is called Darvaza or The Burning Gates.

Photos by JohnHBradley


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Tagged as burning gas crater desert natural karakum darvaza gates john h bradley turkmenistan


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Mar 25 07:56 am

This looks like a volcano in a plain land, it must be really hot out there.

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Mar 25 10:52 am

Awesome photos!
I can't understand how people can go so near of the crater!

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Mar 26 07:32 am

The gas goes up from the sand at the bottom of the hole. Looks neat. Why wouldn't they extract the gas instead of just burning it?

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Mar 26 09:15 am

thats great, thanks for sharing this.

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Alex
Mar 26 09:44 am

This is another place in the world i would love to go...nice vid

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Anonymous
Apr 10 09:19 am

what a waste

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