What It’s Like at the Real-Life ‘Gates of Hell’ in Turkmenistan
Watch an explorer share what it's like to descend into the Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as the “Gates of Hell.” ...
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A relic of Soviet-era experiments, this hellish crater has been on fire since 1971
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Gates to Hell will be closed after 50 years: No one in the world knows how to do it
Turkmenistan plans to extinguish the Gates of Hell, a burning gas crater that has existed for over 50 years. What challenges lie ahead in shutting it down?
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The 'Gate of Hell' has been open for 50 years. Can we ever close it?
The Gate to Hell has been open since the 1980s – and it cannot be closed. Deep in the arid desert of Turkmenistan, a huge crater burns with the wrath of a thousand flames, night and day ...