Darvaz: The Door to Hell

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Beautiful and creepy, this place is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. This huge hole in the ground situated in Darvaz, Uzbekistan was once the site of a gas drilling site where 35 years ago, geologists discovered a massive cavern filled with an unknown gas. It was claimed that since there was a danger of poisonous gases in the cavern, the drilling company decided to ignite the gases before proceeding with the drilling.

The hole has been burning ever since."


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