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Steve<p>For starters the 'Darvaza gas crater sunrise' I visited in 2023.</p><p>The Darvaza gas crater a.k.a the ‘Door to Hell’ is a burning natural gas field that collapsed during drilling. It was set on fire to reduce risks. However, the fire has been burning for decades. They plan to extinguish the fire, but previous attempts were unsuccessful.</p><p>#2023 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Darvaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darvaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkmenistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkmenistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/color" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>color</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gray</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunrise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yellow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yellow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travelphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelphotography</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darktable</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DidYouKnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DidYouKnow</span></a>: The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Darvaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darvaza</span></a> gas crater, a popular tourist attraction in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Turkmenistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkmenistan</span></a>, is popularly known as the Door to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hell</span></a> or Gates of Hell.</p><p>It is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. It is thought to have been burning continuously since 1971. Its diameter is 69 m (226 ft), and its depth is 30 m (98 ft).</p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/63a1a402fa6e6a0b977ac7c6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/63a1</span><span class="invisible">a402fa6e6a0b977ac7c6</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Welcome to hell. Courtesy of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanGreed</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hubris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hubris</span></a> </p><p>"Hoping to burn off the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> gas that floated up from the newly formed crater, the Soviets lit it on fire [in the 1980s]. They thought it would burn off the methane in a day or two. Five decades later, the crater's still burning.</p><p>"The Darvaza gas crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, or, officially, the Shining of Karakum, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Darvaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darvaza</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Turkmenistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkmenistan</span></a>. The floor and especially rim of the crater is illumined by hundreds of natural gas fires." </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Methane</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MethaneLeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MethaneLeaks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a></p>