March 29, 2008: Door to Hell

xoxoxoBruce · 03-29-2008, 12:01 AM

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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.

Looks like the worlds biggest BBQ pit to me.

More pictures and a video here.

JuancoRocks · 03-29-2008, 12:23 AM

I see bar -b -que written all over this......Let the recipes follow

TorasMommy · 03-29-2008, 03:21 AM

Maybe a nice temp to roast up some little birdies and marshmallows.

Anyone got a long enough stick?

Sundae · 03-29-2008, 06:46 AM

WOW

I love IoTD.

TheMercenary · 03-29-2008, 08:12 AM

Looks more like molten lava.

YellowBolt · 03-29-2008, 10:05 AM

Reminds me of Centralia, Pennsylvania.

monster · 03-30-2008, 01:54 PM

That was interesting, thanks, Yellowbolt. Now I feel the need to go there!

spudcon · 03-30-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

That was interesting, thanks, Yellowbolt. Now I feel the need to go there!

Gee, me too, with a side trip to love canal.

spudcon · 03-30-2008, 03:56 PM

Closer to home, I just found out that a contractor for the former GE Aerospace factory had been dumping industrial waste just upsream from our reservoir from 1966 to 1973. Cleanup begins here in May.

jinx · 03-30-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

That was interesting, thanks, Yellowbolt. Now I feel the need to go there!

I've been thru there a bunch of times, its pretty cool. Well, hot actually... Before they closed the road and knocked all the houses down it was extra surreal... Huge areas of dead timber and smoking ground, the occasional furnace-like vent.
One time we went thru they were having a parade, with fire trucks and everything. Pretty ironic really...

Karenv · 03-30-2008, 11:00 PM

Back to Uzbekistan, it seems if we could put out Saddam's oil field fires during Gulf One, that this could be brought under control. Unlike Centralia, this is right out in the open. It would help reduce global warming and might allow reclamation of the gas.

LabRat · 03-31-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Karenv

....[closing the hole] would help reduce global warming ... and allow reclamation of the gas

So would everyone doubling up on the baked beans and skipping the grilling altogether this 4th of July.

toranokaze · 03-31-2008, 01:24 PM

Cool pic Bruce.

It is very well named. Much of the orgional imagery for hell came from a place called Gehnna were they burned trash. This Gehnna Jesus said was like Hell with never ending fire and worms that will not die.

Kolbenfresser · 04-01-2008, 03:08 AM

It’s actually called 'Darvaza', and it is in Turkmenistan, not Uzbekistan. It’s situated in the middle of the Kara Kum desert, about 6 miles north of Darvaza.
40°15'7.36"N 58°26'22.84"E

Flint · 04-01-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by YellowBolt

Reminds me of Centralia, Pennsylvania.

I assume this was the inspiration for Silent Hill?

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Looks like the worlds biggest BBQ pit to me.

It is a BBQ pit... . . .for . HUMAN SOULS.

03-29-2008, 12:23 AM	#2
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	Door to Hell I see bar -b -que written all over this......Let the recipes follow __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

03-29-2008, 08:12 AM	#5
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Looks more like molten lava. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-30-2008, 01:54 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That was interesting, thanks, Yellowbolt. Now I feel the need to go there! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2008, 01:24 PM	#13
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Cool pic Bruce. It is very well named. Much of the orgional imagery for hell came from a place called Gehnna were they burned trash. This Gehnna Jesus said was like Hell with never ending fire and worms that will not die. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

04-01-2008, 03:08 AM	#14
Kolbenfresser Wiseacre Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Good old Germany Posts: 35	Coordinates of Darvaza It’s actually called 'Darvaza', and it is in Turkmenistan, not Uzbekistan. It’s situated in the middle of the Kara Kum desert, about 6 miles north of Darvaza. 40°15'7.36"N 58°26'22.84"E __________________ In cauda venenum.

03-29-2008, 03:21 AM	#3
TorasMommy Came out from hiding under my rock... Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: In my house.. Posts: 14	Maybe a nice temp to roast up some little birdies and marshmallows. Anyone got a long enough stick?

03-29-2008, 06:46 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	WOW I love IoTD.

03-29-2008, 10:05 AM	#6
YellowBolt I lurk with the best of them Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: not close to philadelphia. :( well, not THAT close. Posts: 146	Reminds me of Centralia, Pennsylvania.

03-30-2008, 03:56 PM	#9
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Closer to home, I just found out that a contractor for the former GE Aerospace factory had been dumping industrial waste just upsream from our reservoir from 1966 to 1973. Cleanup begins here in May.

03-30-2008, 11:00 PM	#11
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	Back to Uzbekistan, it seems if we could put out Saddam's oil field fires during Gulf One, that this could be brought under control. Unlike Centralia, this is right out in the open. It would help reduce global warming and might allow reclamation of the gas.

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