Darvaz is a place in Turkmenistan. The history of this fire hole began in 1971 when geologist were drilling for gas and had collapsed into a huge hole, while no one was hurt, the natural gas began emerging from the hole. In order to prevent men and animal poisoning they decided to fire up the gas and since then for over 35 years this hole, which locals refer as the “gates of hell” had been letting out natural gas, as well as serve as a spectacle…
via dmitry.shamin.spb.ru pictures by Josh H. Bradley
March 26th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Lovely photos! Amazing Geology!