The Darvaza flaming crater -- burning since the 1950s

published by arvana

4 months 3 weeks ago • 54043 views

tags: natural gas, darvaza, crater, pit, Turkmenistan, desert

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In the 50's, the Soviets were prospecting for natural gas in Turkmenistan, and accidentally lit this 60m-diameter crater on fire. It's been burning ever since.

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via Neatorama

edit: Sorry, instead of via I should have said "see also".

written by fissionchips

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Well, I wouldn't say via Neatorama, since Alex made that post a day after I submitted the video here. But their link to more photos is great: http://www.johnhbradley.com/pictures2.asp?var=070707darvaza

written by arvana

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russian hell gate? kewl

written by vairetube | 4 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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this video is working its way up reddit as well. Number 12 at the moment.

http://www.reddit.com/info/6ogp0/comments/

written by James Roe

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*promote

written by arvana

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Self promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 4:44pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter arvana.

written by siftbot

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