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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 ... To venture to the bottom of the 250-foot wide hole, explorer George Kourounis ...
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A look at Turkmenistan's fiery tourist attraction
In Turkmenistan there is ... a crater in the middle of the Karakum desert, 70 meters or around 300 feet wide and about 30 meters or 98 feet deep. It is a hole in the depths of the earth that ...