darvaza ~ hell\'s door
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The Darvaza wellThe Darvaza well
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In the middle of the Karakoum (Turkmenistan) desert, close to the disappeared village called Darvaza, there is a crater of about one
hundred meters of diameter and more than twenty meters of depth, called “the hell’s door”.
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Inside this well, a fire has been burning for dozens of years, a fire that looks endless.
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The Darvaza well is not a work of nature, but the result of an unfortunate soviet mining prospection started in the 50’s.
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In 1971, a drilling provoked the collapse of an underground cavity, so revealing a gaping hole leaking enormous
quantities of gas.
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The geologists decided to torch the well to eliminate such toxic gas,
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The soviets grossly underestimated the dimensions of the cavity: the gas that should have burned out within a few weeks has actually kept
burning without interruption since 1971!
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It is unknown for how long “the « hell’s door » will keep on burning.Even though the well of Darvaza is located in a region difficult to access,
a lot of people gather there to observe this fascinating phenomenon.
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The intense heat coming from the crater allows to approach the place only for a few minutes because of the unbearable temperature.
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At night the show is Dantean: the fire burns in all its magnificence, giving the well the look of a volcanic burning crater.
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