April 16, 2023
A 230-foot-wide, 65-foot-deep pit in Turkmenistan has been on fire since at least the 1980s. Nicknamed “the Gates of Hell,” the pit is thought to sit on a large pocket of natural gas, making it a potentially lucrative area…if the fire can ever be extinguished. Multiple attempts have failed so far.
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