Tony Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 The Door to Hell, as local residents at the nearby town of Darvaza have dubbed it, is a 70 meter wide crater in Turkmenistan that has been burning continuously for 35 years. In 1971, geologists drilling for gas deposits uncovered a huge underground cavern, which caused the ground over it to collapse, taking down all their equipment and their camp with it. Since the cavern was filled poisonous gas, they dared not go down to retrieve their equipment, and to prevent the gas escaping they ignited it, hoping it would burn itself out in a couple of days. Unfortunately, there was a slight miscalculation as to the amount of gas that was trapped, and the crater continues to burn to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freaky Roadster Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Looks amazing but why not cap it and use the gas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 I think it's down to cost and reward. Reading the text they didn't think there was so much gas, hence the reason they thought it would burn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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