Scary Pics Show Real Life ‘Door To Hell’ That’s Been Burning For The Last 40 Years

Thinking of heaven, we usually imagine it as a place high up in the sky, with a huge golden gate as the entrance, and angels playing the violin while floating around in clouds. And when we imagine hell, we see it as a place deep down under with red flames, as if a dark tunnel has been set ablaze!

What if you found out that hell was real and people have found it?

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Pictures and videos of the ‘door to hell’ have been circulating the internet and they are surreal!

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Originally found over 40 years ago, the Darvaza Gas Crater aka ‘door to hell’ is a natural gas field and is hidden deep in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan.

It is 69 metres wide, 30 metres deep, and can reach temperatures of over 1,000C in certain spots.

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According to sources, Soviet Scientists discovered the crater but feared that dangerous gases could leak from it polluting the atmosphere. Hence, they set it on fire thinking that it would burn off in a few weeks.

But seems like they were wrong! The crater has been burning ever since and is still going strong!

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Pozo de Darvaza (Turkmenistán) Se lo conoce también como La puerta al infierno por cuestiones más que obvias. Este cráter se encuentra en el gran desierto de Karakum (Turkmenistán) y es fruto de un accidente provocado cuando geólogos soviéticos trataban de extraer gas natural en 1971. En aquel momento pensaron que tardaría unos días en cerrarse, pero lo cierto es que ya lleva más de cuatro décadas así. El accidente se produjo porque en la zona donde trabajaban había una cueva subterránea llena de gas natural que en los años 80 alguien, por razones desconocidas, prendió fuego. Desde entonces permanece dando un impresionante espectáculo. •English• It is also known as The Door to Hell for more than obvious reasons. This crater is located in the great desert of Karakum (Turkmenistan) and is the result of an accident caused when Soviet geologists tried to extract natural gas in 1971. At that time they thought that it would take a few days to close, but the truth is that it takes more of four decades like that. The accident occurred because in the area where they worked there was an underground cave full of natural gas that in the 1980s someone, for unknown reasons, set fire. Since then he remains giving an impressive show. #travel #travelphotography #traveller #visittheworld #visitaTurkmenistan #Viajero #turista #turkmenistan #Viajar #Elmundo #viajando #followme #followers #follow #lapuertaalinfierno #PozodeDarvaza

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George Kourounis, an explorer who has visited some of the most dangerous sites in the world, had descended down the fiery pit in 2013. He rappelled 100ft down into the crater and walked across its surface, and found it exciting!

“I was in a spot where no human had ever been. It was like stepping onto an alien planet – more people have been on the moon. It was exciting, adventurous, dangerous, a world first and a contribution to science. The expedition had everything I love.”

https://youtu.be/iq8F7DFjpDk

This looks scary, unreal, and a beauty at the same time!

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