digg

Join DiggAbout
See the original image at englishrussia.com

Darvaz: The Door to Hell [PIC]

englishrussia.com — The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas. So they

Bury
show profanity settings
expand all
  • zaibatsu, on 05/16/2008, -4/+234Here's more on this:

    http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=1830
  • alanocu, on 05/16/2008, -10/+9a blogger's description of the place from 2002: http://www.h4ppy.com/blog/archives/2002_09_01_h4pp ... - paragraph 5 - starts with "Then Darvaz. ... Hell on Earth. "
    • stonebear, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3"Also, considering the conditions, the locals were incredible - happy-go-lucky and full of smiles, joking and laughing with me, showing me their houses and puppies and village - despite an almost complete language barrier and no mention of money."

      Apparently one man's hell is another man's heaven.
    • LiveeviL, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1The opening sentance should go more like: "Then Darvaz. ... The Actual Cause of Global Warming"
  • alanocu, on 05/16/2008, -27/+10I asked a geologist about this: "Our Earth degases at tremendous rate globally. Discovered and undiscovered oil-gas fields are a very small portion of overall hydrocarbon flow going from the interior of the Earth, just remnants of the process. In some places (oil-prone area, rift structures) gas flows are more concentrated than in others. In this case, very exotic though,drilling operation caused very concentrated gas discharge that was dispersed at the territory before. Probably, cavernous limestone rocks aggravated the situation to create this exit from hell when people disturbed it."
    • Terr01, on 05/16/2008, -2/+28"Asked a geologist"? You mean, you're actually a liar who copy-pasted a comment from this article?

      http://m.clipmarks.com/clipmark/D7D27461-56CE-4DF1 ...

      And, for the global-warming-denial-trigger-happy, not that the outgassing referred to is hydrocarbons, not CO2.
    • antonio97b, on 05/16/2008, -1/+6I degassed at a tremendous rate just a little bit ago. You don't see me on digg talking about it?

      ...Oh wait.
    • purplehaze420, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5Alanocu, you got burned.
  • MikeonTV, on 05/16/2008, -8/+17It's called The Gate!
    • subterfuge, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1it inspired me to create a game sequel

      Hellgate: Uzbekistan
      • Mononuclear, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Uwe Boll is going to make a movie of it too!!
    • VelvetoneFusion, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Looks like little Stephen Dorff is playing black metal records backwards again.
    • SignificantMind, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1No it is a gateway to hell!
    • cutekelvins, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6In Hindi Darvaz(a) literally means gate. But not gate to hell.
    • RTourn, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1"Through me is the way into the woeful city,
      through me is the way into the eternal woe,
      through me is th way among the lost people.
      Justice moved my lofty maker: the divine Power,
      the supreme wisdom and the primal Love made me.
      Before me were no things created, save eternal, and I eternal last.
      Leave every hope, ye who enter!"
      Dante Inferno

      Translation Charles Eliot Norton
    • NyteStarNyne, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Oblivion Gate?
  • Falkonorder, on 05/16/2008, -21/+0OGC


    Anyone?
  • edwartica, on 05/16/2008, -12/+4Then the gates of hell opened, and lo, an angel hast appeared singing praises of the apocalypse!
  • doremon313, on 05/16/2008, -12/+41Hey Mr. Bill O'reilly lookie whats down here.......
    • wasabimonster, on 05/16/2008, -1/+11"***** it! I'm going down there live!"
      • dvicklund, on 05/16/2008, -3/+2I didn't quite understand that at first, but I think I catch your drift.
      • IglooBurner, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3***** thing sucks!
  • db0255, on 05/16/2008, -6/+50so why don't we stop the fire and get the gas?
    • duk0r, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6That would just make to much sense. Careful, thoughts like that are dangerous.
    • Orion682, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8Because stopping a fire of that magnitude, which is saturated with so much fuel, is an absurdly difficult task, if it's even possible at all with modern equipment.

      Hell, we can't even stop the coal fire under Centralia Pennsylvania, and that's mostly an enclosed space that's burning...
  • twertyto, on 05/16/2008, -1/+16Has this been on Coast to Coast yet? If not, it should be.
  • BeeArePro, on 05/16/2008, -11/+226Which one of you bastards divided by zero?
  • mrgeekguy, on 05/16/2008, -9/+119Digg users should not visit this place. The locals like to throw in virgins.





    wait.........did I just insult myself?
    • ELLIS1128, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2I'm just gonna go ahead and reply to check out how fast it shows up on the new system
    • thzae, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Yes
  • Djokuuskaj, on 05/16/2008, -9/+4Isn't Uzbekistan still pagan? That's probably why the door to hell is there.

    /sarcasm
  • TimeLincoln, on 05/16/2008, -9/+23Don't bash Hillary Clinton's home!
  • kotrin, on 05/16/2008, -6/+1So that's where I left my tucket baster....
    • rufusdog, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Dude, where can I get a tucket baster?
  • yaDiggitDiggit, on 05/16/2008, -0/+9Does anyone know where i can find a higher resolution version of this picture...my question mark doesn't work
  • Doomsan, on 05/16/2008, -1/+15So they...c'mon! don't leave me hanging like that!
  • JusticeFriend, on 05/16/2008, -11/+93We didn't start the fire
    It was always burning
    Since the world's been turning
    We didn't start the fire
    No we didn't light it
    But we tried to fight it
    • dylio, on 05/16/2008, -2/+20Ryan started the fire....
    • Xcel, on 05/16/2008, -14/+7At least give credit to the artist..

      BIlly Joel, "We Didn't Start The Fire".
      • orlyfactor, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6Thanks Mr. RIAA.
      • megostylez, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2we already know what the song is, thanks

        signed... digg
  • Reaktor5, on 05/16/2008, -0/+25I have to find this on Google Earth now!
  • woofers07, on 05/16/2008, -6/+52"gas has been burning for 35 years" seems like it could be used as some sort of renewable resource or something, but what do I know.
    • Klarth, on 05/16/2008, -3/+8Not much, clearly - if it's the result of a fossil fuel burning then it isn't renewable
      • dvicklund, on 05/16/2008, -10/+1Is it hard being that dense?
        • Klarth, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5I could ask the same of you.

          Feel like actually pointing out where I'm incorrect (hint: I'm not) instead of attacking me?
  • Namaha, on 05/16/2008, -0/+22It didn't look that big, until I noticed the little specks that happen to be people.
    • kidko, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Oh, snap. I thought the same, too... maybe the size of a house, and then saw the specks. Wonder if there's a way to harness it, since it's going to burn anyway...?
  • Wynner3, on 05/16/2008, -1/+26Why the hell don't we learn about these things sooner? ***** like this should be taught in schools, in science class. I'm only 29 but I would have loved to learn about it in school. I'm glad the internet exists and digg.
    • highlyhigh, on 05/16/2008, -7/+6because our public education system is a ***** joke. most school teachers are just bunch of incompetent, not even 'has-beens', but 'cannot-becomes'. they want you to read aloud in class, copy it on a piece of paper at home, and call it an education. all that makes you become is a number crunching, suit wearing monkey who goes online and be amazed at something that would just be a footnote on nation geographic because he hasn't been shown a two bit of interesting things his whole life. im just being an *****. yeah that hole is ***** amazing and the public education system is a ***** joke.
    • jackieokennedy, on 05/16/2008, -2/+3What would you have done with such knowledge?
      Put that in your resume ?
    • UNDERSTAR, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3This is why digg was created for. Mindless knowledge FTW!!!
    • YZBot, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1There is only so much that can be tought in the timespan of your public education. The rest of the time it's up to you to learn on your own.
    • cha5e, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1If you want to go visit, but Uzbekistan is too far away from where you are, there is something similar win Western Pennsylvania. But in that case it's coal, not gas, that is burning underground.
      http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/the-stor ...
  • Larz0rz, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5If you look close, you can see the head of a person standing near it. Just left of center.
    At first I didn't see it, That thing is HUGE!
  • kakwakas, on 05/16/2008, -1/+31Mel's Hole?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%27s_hole
  • DeFex, on 05/16/2008, -0/+31why don't they build a giant boiler and move it over that spot for some free electricity.
    • johnomaz, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Well, it is a giant gaping hole with a huge cavern underneath it. I'm betting it wouldn't be able to support much weight on top of it.
  • akermani, on 05/16/2008, -11/+2http://i32.tinypic.com/b6vitg.jpg

    first thing that came to my mind
  • papermonk3y, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5if only you could see it on googlemaps
  • moolaismyfriend, on 05/16/2008, -9/+7No the door to hell would be the door that leads into the GOP national convention.
  • everfresh59, on 05/16/2008, -2/+54Excellent power source gone to waste.....
  • mjones77, on 05/16/2008, -5/+0This one is also pertty cool http://uploadingit.com/view/607741_oemli
  • avatara, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Darvaz is a Persian word for door... to hell.
    • SexPython, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4no its actually not.....if you want to translate that it would mean open door.
    • birdman14, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1its farsi, persian's not a language.
    • sfacets, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2In Urdu/Hindi Darwaza means door...
  • PixelMagic, on 05/16/2008, -2/+96I want to have a lightsaber duel there.
    • RxDaniel, on 05/16/2008, -0/+11Just don't let the other guy get the high ground or you are *****.
  • johndajap56, on 05/16/2008, -0/+22The EYE OF SAURON!
    • kuyman, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2is always watching...

      just like dick cheney!
      • duggdowncatisad, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0THE RIAA IS WATCHING YOU
      • diktator279, on 05/18/2008, -0/+1why are so many beings watching me all the time; Dick Cheney, the Riaa, Ceiling cat...
  • Sniperjoe, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1so that's hell... it doesn't look so bad after all. :p
  • Xeller, on 05/16/2008, -0/+39Fake. Oblivion Gates are always standing up.
    • oboredone, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I chuckled, then I felt like a huge dork...
  • CanUTube, on 05/16/2008, -5/+3I also want to have a lighsaber duel there
  • Mushroonaut, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4has anyone seen this on google earth?
  • beatrixkiddo, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Cannon ball! Hiyo!
  • jhuebel, on 05/16/2008, -0/+12Found this information on a forum discussing the location: "It’s actually called 'Darvaza', and it is in Turkmenistan, not Uzbekistan. It’s situated in the middle of the Kara Kum desert, about 6 miles north of Darvaza."

    Coordinates are 40°15'7.36"N 58°26'22.84"E. Google Maps and Google Earth don't have high resolution satellite imagery of the location, unfortunately.
    • dhughes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Google Maps shows a place called Darvaza in eastern Uzbekistan, to the north of lake Ozero Aydarkul'

      ...ahhh, I see. There's one in Turkmenistan too, which is the correct one as you said since I can see the orange glow of a large hole about six miles north of the town.
    • AriaGloris, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Confirmed, looks correct also.
  • willdiggforfood, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Doom 3! The gate to Hell!
  • kernel, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Jump in now!
  • FiestyPumpkin, on 05/16/2008, -1/+10Hey, did anyone bring any marshmallows?!?

    That thing's frightening!!

    Centralia, PA has an underground coal fire that has been burning since the days of JFK. No gaping pit of hell, though. Just a lot of cracks with noxious gas spewing out. There's a guy named Pete who sits under a tree at the intersection of town holding a sign that reads, "We love Centralia." He told me that there is no fire burning, that it was all a government conspiracy to run everyone out of town and take their property. He is mistaken, as clearly there is a huge fire raging under that town. I was standing next to a rock and the heat coming off it brunt my foot through my shoe.
    • UNDERSTAR, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1You sure the town wasn't called Silent Hill???
    • dose, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Yea this story reminded me of those hundred-year underground coal fires. Crazy stuff. DamnInteresting has a good story on those.
  • ohmahgawd, on 05/16/2008, -9/+1It looks like an old black man's hairy scrotum.
  • TheSuperunknown, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4Isn't it funny that the blogspam has an inaccurate story? That almost never happens!

    http://johnhbradley.com/pictures2.asp?var=070707da ...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza
  • floridiot2, on 05/16/2008, -0/+16Assholes Uzbekistan!
  • Locke2053, on 05/16/2008, -2/+16It's the goatse of the earth.
  • Homerr, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Global warming!
    • rob40wilson03, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1yeah, all this time we thought it was our vehicle/factory emissions..... turns out the earth lights its farts
    • limoo, on 05/16/2008, -1/+0I feel like an idiot. All this time, I believed the hype: Save the planet! Reduce greenhouse emissions! Take public transport! Use less electricity! WTF? The amount of carbon emissions from that hole can probably last me a million lifetimes.
  • Erik1, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6Switch the number in the URL from 1-5, in number 3 you can actually see the damned emerging from the pit :P
  • newaffect, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1How deep is it?
  • simpson100, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0Maps: http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48112/
    More vids: http://mechanixpv.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/el-ardi ...
  • miesvanderrohe, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1this is a similar story, only right here in the good ol' U.S. of A!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia%2C_PA
  • Fetching more discussions...
    Show 51 - 99 of 99 discussions
  •  

    Login or register to add a comment

    Create a new account or login to join in the conversation on Digg. You'll also be able to Digg stories to help promote things you like.


© Digg Inc. 2008 — Content posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain.
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.