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natural gas,darvaza,crater,pit,Turkmenistan,desert The Darvaza flaming crater -- burning since the 1950s

The Darvaza flaming crater -- burning since the 1950s

posted by arvana 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 60431 views
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In the 50's, the Soviets were prospecting for natural gas in Turkmenistan, and accidentally lit this 60m-diameter crater on fire. It's been burning ever since.

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via Neatorama

edit: Sorry, instead of via I should have said "see also".


written by fissionchips  | 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Well, I wouldn't say via Neatorama, since Alex made that post a day after I submitted the video here. But their link to more photos is great: http://www.johnhbradley.com/pictures2.asp?var=070707darvaza


written by arvana  | 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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russian hell gate? kewl


written by vairetube  | 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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this video is working its way up reddit as well. Number 12 at the moment.

http://www.reddit.com/info/6ogp0/comments/


written by James Roe  | 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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*promote


written by arvana  | 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Self promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 4:44pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter arvana.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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There's the cause of Global Warming!

I knew the Russians did it.


written by doogle  | 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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The real reason for the cold war, russians are flamers...ZING!


written by GeeSussFreeK  | 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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