The Door To Hell Is A Tourist Attraction

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This is a natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan, that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater.

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Geologists set a fire here to prevent the spread of deadly methane gas, and it has been burning continuously since then.

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The name "Door to Hell" was given by the locals, referring to the fire, and boiling mud.

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The hot spot has a diameter of 70 meters and ranges over an area with a width of 60 meters and a depth of about 20 meters.

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This crater has become a popular tourist attraction. Around 50,000 tourists have visited the site in the last 5 years.

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