The Enigma of Turkmenistan's Fiery 'Gates of Hell' Imagine coming across a fiery pit in a lonely desert. The giant natural ...

Turkmenistan was not a part of the original trip, but we included it to see the 'Darvaza gas crater,' a burning natural gas field that Soviet engineers drilled in 1971. You can smell gas when you ...

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The Darvaza gas crater, also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, or, officially, the Shining of Karakum, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan's president has said he wants to close a popular tourist attraction known as the "Gates of Hell." The site is a spectacular natural gas crater that has burned for decades ...

In 1971, Turkmenistan was a part of the Soviet Union ... on much the same today as when the match got tossed in (figuratively speaking). The Darvaza Gas Crater has since come to be nicknamed The Gates ...

OPEC member Iraq on Tuesday approved the import of gas from Turkmenistan via nearby Iran to fuel its mushrooming power stations. In a report on Wednesday, Shafaq News and other local publications said ...

Five people were injured in The Bronx on Sunday when a gas main exploded, leaving behind a smoking crater, noxious fumes — and panicked churchgoers fleeing into the street. More than 100 ...