Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Darvaza: The Burning Gates

In 1971 a search for gas went wrong when a whole drilling rig fell into an underground cavern. Natural gas started coming up from the hole. It was set alight so it wouldn't kill everything around. For 35 years now the flames keep burning providing an spectacular seen for tourists. At night the burning gas makes the crater seen from miles away. The crater is located in Turkmenistan in the heart of the Karakum desert. The crater is called Darvaza or The Burning Gates.
















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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 1:04 PM

    What are the photos at the bottom that aren't burning?

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  2. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 1:14 PM

    It looks to be full of water in the bottom shots.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    Yes, I second the above comment. You got some splainin to do.

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  4. Matt BlankMarch 25, 2008 at 1:17 PM

    This is what happens when people take photos from other webpages. The top set of photos are of the burning crater. The other cavern photos are from a desert water sinkhole. The original source of these photos is http://www.johnhbradley.com/pictures2.asp?var=070707darvaza

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  5. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 1:27 PM

    No, in the bottom two; the hole is closed for mantinence. Hope that clears up any confusion.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM

    If you look at the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th images you can see the internal structure of the burning hole. If you look from that, to the daytime images, you can tell that they're two different things. The daytime images also have a fence around them, where the burning hole does not, because apparently fire is safer than water or something.

    Also, Matt Blank provided a link to the original images.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 3:04 PM

    Nice catch Matt, I'm so sick of every blog'tard ripping off other peoples content and not even bothering to give credit. Its the American way I guess.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 4:36 PM

    Jesus what a waste of energy - build a massive cap and fly it over the top. It would probably pay for itself in no time :)

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  9. clMarch 25, 2008 at 6:02 PM

    Anonymous said...

    Nice catch Matt, I'm so sick of every blog'tard ripping off other peoples content and not even bothering to give credit. Its the American way I guess.
    March 25, 2008 3:04 PM
    yeah, that's the american way, and the backward-ass 3rd world way is to let almost 40 years worth of natural gas continue to burn freely from this hole in the ground

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  10. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 8:17 PM

    'Darvaza' is a Dari word that simply means 'Gate'. It doesn't mean The Burning Gate(s) or anything + Gates.

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  11. AnonymousMarch 26, 2008 at 10:11 AM

    darvaza just means door or gate :s not burning gate...

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  12. AnonymousMarch 26, 2008 at 10:50 AM

    yet another great way to let our earth's resources go to waste. way to go.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 26, 2008 at 3:48 PM

    In spanish:
    http://clubtrotamundos.blogspot.com/2008/01/crteres-ardiendo-en-turkmenistn.html

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  14. AnonymousDecember 15, 2009 at 5:46 AM

    So that's the source of all of this global warming!

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  15. AnonymousMarch 25, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Anonymous
    March 26, 2008 10:50 AM

    I think oil refineries all around the world still flare off gas that is not profitable to use?

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