US EditionTurkmenistan's Methane-Spewing 'Gateway to Hell' Loses Its Anger
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Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who ruled with the hand of iron Turkmenistan between 2007 and 2022, when he gave power to his son Serdar is not accustomed to his orders not being fulfilled. Before leaving power he ordered blinding the crater of the gates of hell, which, three years later has not yet happened. The reason why the dictator has wanted to blind one of the tourist attractions of the country has to do with the history of the phenomenon. In…
Turkmenistan's methane-spewing 'Gateway to Hell' loses its anger - Islamabad Post
Darvaza, Turkmenistan, Aug 6 (AFP/APP):People go to the “Gateway to Hell” gas crater in the middle of the Turkmenistan desert expecting an angry cauldron but are now coming away unimpressed. Once a giant uncontrollable pit of red flames and glowing red embers, the 70-metre (230 feet) wide hole is now just a charred cauldron with only a few pockets of small fires. After letting it burn for 50 years, authorities i…
Turkmenistan about to turn off its "doors of Hell", after more than half a century Admin FCE 06 August 2025 - 05:03 Fossil energy At the heart of the Karakoum sands in Turkmenistan, timid languages of fire lick the walls of the "doors of Hell".After half a century of burning, the Darvaza crater that releases methane, gas accelerating global warming, must finally be extinguished.Symbol of an environmental disaster"We decided to come here with my …
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