chhoraa:The “Door to Hell.” In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the
chhoraa:The “Door to Hell.” In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a 70-meter-wide, noxious gas–emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012. // Chloe Dewe Matthews -- source link