Hell Gate there

Well of Darvaza or Darvaza Crater it is better known as Hell's Gate and at first sight is a totally amazing place. The strange phenomenon is not only its location and characteristics.

It is located in the Karakum Desert, cerca de la capital de Turkmenistán. En los últimos tiempos miles de turistas llegan hasta allí en grandes cantidades, but animals have been attracted to suffer death by falling into the pit.

The gates of hell is not a place that was always there, but its history goes back to the years 70, when Turkmenistan was still part of the Soviet Union.

Soviet geologists began digging for oil, and they believed find, draining the site. However, They did not notice they were located above a cavern natural gas, which he collapsed under the weight carrying them. This caused collapse also other parts of the desert into large craters.

The largest crater was 70 meters wide and 20 depth, and large amounts of methane escaping from it, a gas that takes the place of oxygen, making breathing difficult. The local animals started dying and scientists decided it was better to set fire crater, so that methane is consumed quickly. The problem was they did not know the extent to which natural gas is facing and the fire is never quenched.

The process of burning gas to get rid of it is widely used in oil fields, but only if the amount is known. By not knowing the inordinate amount containing the desert of Turkmenistan, the fire has spread over 40 years, creating this phenomenon as curious.

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