See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Turkmenistan's president has ordered experts to find a way to ...

A flaming crater of gas has burned in Turkmenistan for decades. Satellite imagery suggests that the fires are decreasing, but ...

Satellite images from May 2020 showed a roaring pit; recent accounts describe a much weaker flame.

The fiery pit has been burning for over 50 years, fed by methane gas leaking out from the Earth, but while it may be dimming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural ...

Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more than 50 years. The "Gates of Hell," also known as the Darvaza gas crater after a nearby village, is a methane- and fire-filled ...

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In the middle of Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert lies one of the strangest places on Earth — the Darvaza Gas Crater, also known ...

Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have set ...