Have you ever heard about "Gateway to Hell" right on our earth?
Article # 86
Dated: 13th January 2022
Do you guys know there is a gateway to hell even on the earth? Yes, you heard it right. It is located right in the desert area of Turkmenistan. Well, not a literal gateway to hell but it is referred to as the "gateway to hell".
Why is it called Gateway to hell?
Yesterday, I came across a video on Twitter where they were saying that there is a gas crater in the desert near the village of Darwaza in Turkmenistan known as the door to hell or gateway to hell. Why is it called a gateway to hell? Because it is a massive sinkhole that is burning for over five decades now.
How deep is this giant burning gas pit?
The crater is 70 meters wide and 20 meters deep.
Who lets this Crater on fire?
Nobody knows the exact origin and history behind this fire but there are some speculations. As per Turkeminstan's geologist, the fire was ignited by the soviet union after they find this crater is filled with methane gas and it is hazardous to let methane emit into the atmosphere as it can change the climate. Methane has warming power 80 times more than carbon dioxide. So the soviet union decided to ignite the fire as it was dangerous to let methane emit directly into the atmosphere. Because they already had excessive gas and there is still no method to preserve the gas that's why they felt the need to ignite it and it is still burning till today.
However, there is no proper record and report of this incident. But everything related to gas, oil, and natural resources were considered classified and top-secret during soviet times therefore there is no record of it.
However, Russians do ignite the fire to the gas and burn it and this technique is called flaring. They intentionally burn the excess gas due to financial and safety reasons. Even countries like Iran, Iraq, and US are also using this method to burn excessive gas.
Turkmenistan used this Crater for tourism
More than 10,000 tourists visit to see this non-stop burning crater every year in Turkmenistan. It is an attraction for tourists but the Turkmenistan government wants to close this. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamodev has called for officials to find a solution to extinguish the fire as it affects the environment and the health of people living nearby it.
The same president recommended taking measures to limit the crater's influence on the development of other natural gas fields in the area.
Well, there are so many mysterious things in the world that we have no idea of. After finding about this crater, I have realized I should do some more digging about such mysterious stuff and I will keep on writing articles about it if I receive any great response from you guys.
I was hoping to read about some place that was the literal gateway to hell 🤣 but this was interesting too!