The Cellar - March 29, 2008: Door to Hell

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- - March 29, 2008: Door to Hell (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=16932)

shina

04-01-2008 10:20 AM

That would be a site to see. Never knew it existed. Thanks!

glatt

04-01-2008 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolbenfresser (Post 442975)

It’s actually called 'Darvaza', and it is in Turkmenistan, not Uzbekistan. It’s situated in the middle of the Kara Kum desert, about 6 miles north of Darvaza.
40°15'7.36"N 58°26'22.84"E

Found it. Thanks.

sweetwater

04-01-2008 02:53 PM

Funny - when I saw the pinpoint numbers I copied and prepared to GoogleEarth them, which is what I assume you were doing also. Remarkable. Though I feel a twinge of guilt for peering through the Google lens to the site. It is as if I'm making it even hotter with my gigantic magnifying glass.

xoxoxoBruce

04-01-2008 10:02 PM

Hey thanks, Kolbenfresser. :thumb:
Better info is always appreciated.

BrianR

04-02-2008 02:39 PM

I don't get it.

They were drilling for gas.
They found gas.
They lit gas on FIRE???

What am I missing?

xoxoxoBruce

04-02-2008 11:04 PM

While they were drilling, the ground collapsed, swallowing the equipment and the camp. They couldn't recover anything because the hole was full of gas. They lit it to keep the gas from leaking out and killing people, then wrote it off and walked away.

Oh, and the Devil won't let them put it out.

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