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