A 230-foot ‘Door to Hell’

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Nov 22, 2013

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Locals call it the “Door to Hell.” The 230-foot crater of boiling mud near Derweze, Turkmenistan, has been flaming for more than 40 years. Caters News Agency

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Soviet scientists identified the site as an oil field in 1971 — it’s actually a burning natural gas deposit. Caters News Agency

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PIC BY WILLIAM KEEPING / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED: The door to hell) – These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named DOOR TO HELL, a fiery crater… Caters News Agency

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PIC BY TORMOD SANDTORV / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED: The door to hell) – These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named DOOR TO HELL, a fiery crater… Caters News Agency

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PIC BY MARTHA DE JONG-LANTINK / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED: The door to hell) – These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named DOOR TO HELL, a fiery… Caters News Agency

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PIC BY MARTHA DE JONG-LANTINK / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED: The door to hell) – These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named DOOR TO HELL, a fiery… Caters News Agency

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PIC BY TORMOD SANDTORV / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED: The door to hell) – These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named DOOR TO HELL, a fiery crater… Caters News Agency

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PIC BY WILLIAM KEEPING / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED: The door to hell) – These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named DOOR TO HELL, a fiery crater… Caters News Agency

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PIC BY WILLIAM KEEPING / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED: The door to hell) – These are the astonishing images of the very aptly named DOOR TO HELL, a fiery crater… Caters News Agency

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