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The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan

Hell door Turkmenistan or "The Door to Hell" is a 230 feet large natural gas hole. On 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling the ground found there was a big cave filled with natural gas. The team decided to break the cave to avoid the poisonous gas leakage and continue digging. They burned the gas and expected that it would be stopped within few days. But unexpectedly the fire is still burning since 1971. The name, "Door to Hell", was given to the field by the locals. The hot spots range over an area with a width of 60 metres and to a depth of about 20 metres.