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This crater was formed by a collapse that occurred during gas exploration in the 1950s. Read more about our visit to Turkmenistan.
The hell-like Darvaza Gas Crater blazes away in the middle of the Karakum desert, with nothing but stillness for miles and miles around. The crater is not a natural phenomenon, but a by-product of gas exploration in the 1950s. The crater collapsed and someone decided to burn the gas off by lighting one on fire. Today, it still burns...Read more about our visit to Turkmenistan.
Perhaps the most accurate, living representation of hell we've ever seen, flames lick up, fueled by escaping natural gas at the Darvaza gas crater. ..We spent a remarkably peaceful night camping at the crater's edge.
Our group shares a romantic meal in a truck stop yurt in the middle of the desert near Darvaza. Read more about our visit to Turkmenistan.
