ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country's most notable but infernal sights. A blazing desert natural gas crater widely referred to as ...
At night, the Darvaza gas crater looks almost theatrical: a ring of fire dropped into the Karakum Desert, its orange glow carrying across the dark, flat landscape of central Turkmenistan. For decades, ...