The “door to hell” is in Turkmenistan in Derweze, in the Karakum Desert. It’s a fiery place.
In 1971 when the Soviet Union was in control of the village, some miners were drilling and accidentally opened up this gigantic hole filled with toxic gas. They wondered, “What should we do about the gas so we can keep drilling?”
Their solution?
Set it on fire, thinking it would burn off in a couple days.
Bit it hasn’t, and for over 40 years that fire has continued to burn, creating one of the most fascinating, hissing, pits of death ever known to man.
The Karakum Desert has one of the largest gas reserves in the world, reported Caters News.
Will Keeping, a retiree from Buchlyvie, near Stirling, rode across the desert to see the door to hell.
“During daylight, I was initially not impressed as it looked like a hole in a vast desert. As we got nearer and the glow from inside the carter became evident, though, I started to notice the size of the crater and wondered how could continually glow like that,” Keeping said.
“As the sun began to set, the location slowly transformed from a large, isolated furnace in the middle of the desert into the center of attention that dominated the surrounding area — the glow became more intense and lit up the area including the sky above. It was impossible not to be drawn to the crater, something that was just dominant over the surrounding area.”
