Geologists set Turkmenistan's Darvaza gas crater ablaze in 1971, thinking the fire would die down within a few weeks, but the pit is still ... than 50 years. The "Gates of Hell," also known ...

The 230-foot-wide, 100-foot-deep pit in north-central Turkmenistan ... good idea to try and shut the Gate to Hell? “It can go wrong,” warns Guillermo Rein, a fire scientist at Imperial College ...

A huge fiery pit dubbed the 'Gates of Hell' has been burning in the desert ... It has been continuously smouldering since it was set on fire as a public health measure by geologists a few weeks ...

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered that a mysterious fire crater nicknamed the ‘Gates of Hell’ be extinguished ... are no records of how the burning pit was originally discovered, the most ...

MYSTERY surrounds a massive molten gas pit dubbed as the "Gates of Hell" that has been spewing "devil breath" fire for decades. The fiery Darvaza gas crater is located in the Karakum Desert in ...

It is understood the "Gates to Hell ... fire, with bright orange and red hues, which become especially dramatic at night. The heat from the flames is intense, and the sight of this monstrous flame ...

The reasons are pretty apparent: it’s an inhospitable open pit of fire. Hell’s Gate Gorge, Ol Njorowa, showing water erosion of the sandstone, Hells Gate National Park, Naivasha, Great Rift ...

THE Gates of Hell are a staple of both theology and pop culture, in both a doorway to an otherworldly realm usually depicted as never-ending fire. As such, any mention of a “Gate of Hell” will ...

The "Gates of Hell," also known as the Darvaza gas crater after a nearby village, is a methane- and fire-filled crater in Turkmenistan's desert. There are several different accounts of when and ...

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered that a mysterious fire crater nicknamed the ‘Gates of Hell’ be extinguished ... are no records of how the burning pit was originally discovered, the most ...