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What It’s Like at the Real-Life ‘Gates of Hell’ in Turkmenistan
The closest thing to hell on Earth lies in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert. There, a fire pit known as the Darvaza Crater earned the name “Gates of Hell”—or “Door to Hell”—because it ...
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A look at Turkmenistan's fiery tourist attraction
In Turkmenistan there is an infernal place that is an atypical tourist attraction called the Darvaza Water Crater. It is a crater in the middle of the Karakum desert, 70 meters or around 300 feet wide ...