The crater – located 270km from the capital Ashgabat – was mistakenly created in 1971 by Soviet geologists who drilled the soil, looking for gas Getty Images In 1971, Soviet geologists discovered a ...

These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named Door to Hell, a fiery crater that’s baffled scientist and has been flaming away for more than 40 years. The crater is 230 feet wide and ...

Turkmenistan’s State Power Station Derweze in the Ahal region produced roughly 2.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2021, a 4.5 percent increase over the previous year, Trend reports referring ...

Soviet geologists were drilling at the site in 1971 and tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. But the ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a hole with a diameter of 70 metres.

A HUGE gas-filled crater has been burning in Turkmenistan for 51 years despite calls for it to be extinguished. The Darvaza Derweze gas crater is also called The Door to Hell and has been burning for ...

Everyone knows Turkmenistan is a pretty oppressive place in which to live, but who knew you could find the Gates of Hell there? Like many people around the world, I was fascinated by this photograph ...

“It takes your breath away,” said Gozel Yazkulieva, a 34-year-old visitor from the Turkmenistan capital Ashgabat. “You immediately think of your sins and feel like praying.” Few foreigners have seen ...

Dubbed "The Door to Hell," a natural gas field provides constant fuel for flames in Derweze, Turkmenistan ON December 27, 2013. (gafa kassim / Flickr) Want to see your images in our Photo of the Day ...

There are probably a few married couples out there who would now apply the same nickname to a wedding ceremony. Luckily, these young lovers aren’t at the stage where they want to kick each other into ...