LOCATION: The largest gas burner in the world. BACKGROUND: The most popular among tourists of natural anomalies Karakum-by-product of an unsuccessful exploration expedition. In 1971, while drilling a gas well near the village Darwaza derrick suddenly fell into an underground cavity. Fortunately, there were no casualties. However, the location was a great failure of -60 meters in diameter and 20 deep-crater filled with gas. That it does not poison all life in the area, geologists have decided to burn the gas. But resources have not calculated the crater. They were enough to make the next 40 years he blazed incessantly. For negasnuschee flame crater and was nicknamed "The Gates of Hell." Read the rest of this entry »
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