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Offline Raith

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Darvaz: The Door to Hell
« on: March 27, 2008, 02:13:50 AM »
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1830#more-1830

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This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hellâ€￾. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas. So they ignited it so that no poisonous gas could come out of the hole, and since then, it’s burning, already for 35 years without any pause. Nobody knows how many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years but it just seems to be infinite there.

There is also one video down there:










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Video on the link.

No Snopes or anything for it that I could find, but who knows.  Trippy.
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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2008, 02:40:37 AM »
Tried to find it on wikimapia or google maps to see a sat view of the burning, couldn't find it.

Very cool looking place.
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2008, 06:07:08 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2008, 10:32:06 AM »
I thought this was the sequel to Manos : The Hands of Fate.

IT ISN'T. :(
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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2008, 02:46:53 PM »
Hi, since this large quantity of gas that is in this concentrated area is a danger to passersby, we are going to set it on fire, then it will serve to light our cities and serve as a beacon for recon missions.....

Cool place! :P Bad idea! :x
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2008, 07:15:43 PM »
That's it. PROOF! Global warming is all the damn Ruskie's fault what with their plan to heat the motherland.
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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2008, 02:16:37 PM »
I can see the tech of the site and his manager the day after it is set on fire.

Manager: "You just HAD to see what would happen if you threw your lighter in there didn't you?"

Also, I could not stop thinking: "what a great alternative to the Sarlaac pit..."
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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2008, 02:58:23 PM »
this is what happens when little boys who light their farts on fire grow up to be engineers....
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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2008, 08:45:24 PM »
Quote from: "Doc Hollywood"
this is what happens when little boys who light their farts on fire grow up to be engineers....

ROFLMAO.. I have to ask Doc....How would you know this :shock:
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