Specialists from the Turkmengas holding have drafted a plan to extinguish the Darvaza ... Gas Research Institute Irina Luryeva told TASS. It has become a popular tourist spot in Turkmenistan. The ...

Located in Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert, the Darvaza crater is a massive man-made sinkhole that has been burning methane gas for decades. It has been said that it was intentionally set alight ...