The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971 geologists accidentally found an underground cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 50-100 meters. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided to burn the gas. Geologists had hoped the fire would go out in a few days but it has been burning ever since.
Wikipedia info.
Some incredible photos.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Hell Mouth
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I LOVE this, hahahaha :D
I bet they're regretting that one.
"Hey, Joe! Didn't you say it would burn off in a couple hours?"
"Mmmpf."
Or:
"Dude! Remember that time we set the gas pit on fire to cover up the fact that we lost a multi-million dollar rig! And they bought it, dude! That was AWESOME! BOOYA!"
Road trip!
Word: "critto"
Is it really called Hell Mouth? It seems too pretty to have such a name.
Nah, I just used an old term from Buffy the Vampire Slayer..totally not admitting that I watched that show though.
As long as you *currently* don't watch "The Vampire Diaries" on the CW, we're all good.
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