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 Anndaluz rated 3 months ago - John Bradley's photographs of the burning cavern at Darvara, believed to be a result of gas drilling rig falling through the earths crust in an enormous cavern: it is thought the gas was set alight deliberately to prevent the spread of poisonous fumes. That happened in 1971, the fire still burn...
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- fredzepp rated 6 months ago
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From the page: "In the heart of the Karakum desert of Turkmenistan the Darvaza Gas Crater or The Burning Gates give off a glow that can be seen from miles away during the dark night. The large crater is a result of a Soviet gas exploration accident in the 1950's. It was created when a Soviet drilling rig was drilling for natural gas fell into an underground cavern resulting in a crater which today measures roughly 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters deep. The huge crater was set alight shortly after being discovered and has been burning ever sense. The recognizable smell of burning natural gas can be detected from a distance and becomes quite strong as you near the hot edge of the crater."
Photo by John H. Bradley
- valsinats rated 7 months ago
- Turkmenistan - Darvaza - Burning Gas Craters
- nonch rated 6 months ago
- Turkmenistan - Darvaza - Burning Gas Craters...beautiful
Love is a durable fire in the mind ever burning; never sick, never old, never dead from itself never turning
Sir Walter Raleigh
- Croussy rated 6 months ago
- The Apocalypse Gas Crater
- ophiele rated 6 months ago
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Turkmenistan - Darvaza - Burning Gas Craters
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