From English Russia, this place near Darvaz, Uzbekistan is called The Door to Hell. Geologists were drilling for gas over 35 years ago when during the drilling they suddenly came on an underground cavern so big that it swallowed the drilling site with all the equipment and camps. No one dared to go down because the cavern was filled with gas, so they ignited it to prevent poisonous gas from coming out of the hole. It has been burning unstopped since then. Nobody knows how many tons of gas has been burned during all that time, but it seems to be an endless supply. See the video on the site as well.
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