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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Published in People & Celebrities Art & Photography Mar 25 2008 07:21 am

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9 comments

Chuman

Mar 25 2008 07:56 am

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

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MandM

Mar 25 2008 10:52 am

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

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make sense

Mar 26 2008 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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nb

Mar 26 2008 09:15 am

thats great, thanks for sharing this.

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Alex

Mar 26 2008 09:44 am

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

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Anonymous

Apr 10 2008 09:19 am

what a waste

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RastaMan92

Oct 22 2008 06:53 am

OMG Cool!!!

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anonymous

Mar 28 02:31 am

cool,how deep/wide is it?

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Anonymous

Mar 30 07:18 am

Its approx 120m across and 5km deep , giant sinkhole of fiery death

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