One of the best place I seen during my trips. Gas coming from the ground is burning in the crater. -Van Pimpenstein, In my amazing month’s journey through Central Asia, high on the list of spectacular events wan the night in a yurt camp below the extraordinary Darvaza Gas Crater.

Interested in Turkmenistan? Recommended. In China, Fengdu has a long history in the Taoist tradition of being a portal to hell. There are two buses a day from the new Ashgabat International Bus Station. This process, known as flaring, is quite common. The diameter of the hole is about 70 m. People can be seen at the edge of the crater illuminated by the light from the fire. They recently added a railing but you can step over the railing and get as close to the edge as you want. ; In Derweze, Turkmenistan, a burning natural gas fire in the middle of the Karakum Desert is known as the Door to Hell or Darvaza gas crater. Caused by a faulty drilling system in Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert, the Darvaza gas crater or the 'Door to Hell' has been leaking burning natural gas for almost half a century. Soon, the ground beneath the drilling equipment collapsed, swallowing the machines and turning into a gas-filled cavern. At night, Owadan has a camp and we slept in a yurt. The 10 MOST INSANE HACKING STORIES – EVER! However, I never felt too hot to stand at the edge. We had BBQ for dinner.

The guys there were great! Hellam Township near York, Pennsylvania, is the subject of a modern urban legend claiming that it contains the Seven Gates of Hell.

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Until 2004 various shops were surrounding the crater, but they were removed for an unknown reason. However, this never happened and The Gates of Hell are still burning.