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Jun 24, 2008 17:30

The Door to Hell, as locals call it, is situated near the small town of Darvaz in Uzbekistan. Thirty-five years ago, geologists were drilling for gas when then encountered a very large cavern underground filled with a poisonous gas. They ignited the gas expecting it to burn off in a few hours. Thirty-five years later, the gas is still burning.


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flutterbyz June 25 2008, 18:48:14 UTC
whoaholycrapomgthat'ssocool!!!!1!

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mrsverlaine June 25 2008, 23:12:23 UTC
Wow, that is something I'd like to see, I can't get my head round it at all, it's massive ! Perhaps the original concept of hell came from such a cavern, back at the start of Christianity !

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