Turkmenistan's Darvaza gas crater, dubbed the 'Gates of Hell', burns continuously. This fiery pit originated from a 1971 ...

The pit has been burning for over 40 years. Flickr user NMK Photography Though Turkmenistan's president ordered the pit be filled in 2010, hundreds of tourists still flock to the site. Flickr user NMK ...

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Recent visitors to Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater have been left cold by the landmark’s feeble flames amid government efforts to suppress the blaze. Now Turkmenistan has announced a technical plan ...

The flaming phenomenon in the Central Asian desert is both an industrial accident and a tourist attraction. Is it worth the risk to turn it off? A tour guide sets settles in before the glow of Darvaza ...

Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have set ...

The Darvaza Crater burns in the middle of a desert in Turkmenistan. The Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan has been ominously dubbed the Door to Hell by locals. A flaming pit in the middle of a vast ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Turkmenistan's president has ordered experts to find a way to ...

The Gate to Hell has been open since the 1980s – but it might finally be running out of gas. Deep in the arid desert of Turkmenistan, a huge crater has been burning with the wrath of a thousand flames ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The site in Turkmenistan burns through millions of cubic meters of natural gas each year. The exact cause behind the Darvaza Gas ...