The Door To Hell...........

[Picnic06-Biante15]

Got this from friend :

 

Its up to u to believe......

 

This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals "The Door to Hell". It is situated near the small town of Darvaz . The story of this place lasts already for 35 years.

 

Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas.

 

So they ignited it so that no poisonous gas could come out of the hole, and since then, it's burning, already for 35 years without any pause.

 

Nobody knows how many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years but it just seems to be infinite there.

[Typhoonz]

 

[Mzrmazda3]

 

[Maersk1]

WOWwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......

[Sabian]

It's like a pit fire.

 

Or when coals seams are ignited and they just burn and burn...

[Tjkbeluga]

Wah, time to bring along marinated chicken wing and hotdog to BBQ....

Edited April 14, 2008 by Tjkbeluga

[Genie47]

This one is an underground gas fire.

 

This is worse. Centralia, Pennsylvania

 

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=479

 

Whole town evacuated.

[Tjkbeluga]

Kinda reminds me of Silent Hill

[Genie47]

All that gas just burned off. Could have been used to power my car.

[Parkingidiot]

it's not in uzbekistan - it's in turkmenistan. Check it out in googlemap:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://bbs.k...142632&t=k&om=1

 

but the resolution is poor - looks like an orange blob.. not sure if this is also a true sighting.

Edited April 14, 2008 by Parkingidiot

[David]

What were they drilling gas for? They should have turned this into a plant to generate electricity instead of letting it burn for 35 years.

[Typhoonz]

Mine too...

[David]

It's like a pit fire.

 

Or when coals seams are ignited and they just burn and burn...

 

Campfire's burning, Campfire's burning

Draw nearer, draw nearer

Let's sing and be merry.

[Genie47]

Soviet era economics. Remember how to screwed up some region and dried up the whole lake and desertified the whole region? No planning. No idea. Just do it for the glory of our great leader Stalin who is never wrong.

[Genie47]

You converted?

[Typhoonz]

Nope... Aiming for it for my next one...

[David]

Kinda reminds me of Silent Hill

I was watching this on ppstream until I fall asleep. If this is what the show about, then I must go and watch it again. Thank You

[Genie47]

Hallelujah! Welcome to the gaseous brotherhood.

 

Hold fast to your faith in gas. Let the petroleum sinner burn in the world they revel in!

 

Gases saves!