lambandserpent: The gaping flame-filled crater has been this way since 1971, when Soviet geologists
lambandserpent: The gaping flame-filled crater has been this way since 1971, when Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern of natural gas and decided to burn it off so it wouldn’t poison anyone. They thought it would take a few days. Four decades later, locals refer to this pit as the Door to Hell. photograph by Carolyn Drake -- source link