Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more than 50 years. The "Gates of Hell," also known as the Darvaza gas crater after a nearby village, is a methane- and fire-filled ...

Deep in the Karakum desert is a place so metal that hordes of camel spiders routinely plunge to their deaths into a pit of fire. These unknowing souls are drawn to the flames of the Darvaza gas crater ...

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered that a mysterious fire crater nicknamed the ‘Gates of Hell’ be extinguished after burning for decades. Turkmenistan’s dictator president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ...

A NOTORIOUS 1,000 degree desert crater dubbed the “Gateway to Hell” is finally closing as the fiery inferno has died down to mere “faint flames”. The infamous pit’s blaze has been raging on for 50 ...

Watch an explorer share what it's like to descend into the Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as the “Gates of Hell.” The closest thing to hell on Earth lies in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert. There, a ...

The Darvaza Crater burns in the middle of a desert in Turkmenistan. The Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan has been ominously dubbed the Door to Hell by locals. A flaming pit in the middle of a vast ...

Deep in the scorching desert of Turkmenistan, the Darvaza gas crater—infamously known as the “Gate to Hell”—has been ablaze for over 50 years. This massive fiery pit, which once roared with a ...

Turkmenistan Gateway to Hell: Turkmenistan’s famous ‘Gateway to Hell’ is set to be closed. The development has come based on the order issued by the country’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.

THE Gates of Hell are a staple of both theology and pop culture, in both a doorway to an otherworldly realm usually depicted as never-ending fire. As such, any mention of a “Gate of Hell” will bring ...

Known as "The Gates of Hell", a massive molten pit in the Turkmenistan desert has been spewing fire for decades – but its origin is considered top-secret. The Karakum Desert is a massive expanse of ...

Turkmenistan’s leader has ordered that a mysterious fire crater nicknamed the ‘Gates of Hell’ be extinguished after burning for decades. Turkmenistan’s dictator president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ...