The world is a strange place, especially in a corner of central Asia, with a cave that is thought to be the least earth-like and the most like the gates of hell. For the cave had been burning for 44 years, and had never been extinguished, and there was no way to put it out.
Known as the gates of hell, this cave is located in turkmenistan in central Asia. Many travelers around the world have not even remembered how to pronounce the name of the turkmen country, but have remembered the most special "gates of hell" here. This gate of hell in the desert is not a natural phenomenon, but a man-made one. Forty-four years ago, Soviet geologists went to the turkmenistan desert to drill for gas, and their observations suggested that there would be an endless supply of gas in the country's dawasa desert.
During the exploration, the soil beneath the drilling rig loosened and collapsed, leaving a hole of about 50 to 100 meters deep. Exploration experts found that the cave contained just the natural gas they were looking for. But it is not their intention to expose the gas in the air. Their job is simply to know where it is.
Because although natural gas can bring us new energy, but if leaked in the air will produce a toxic gas called hydrogen sulfide. Anyone who believes in chemistry knows what happens when pure natural gas accumulates. When there's a lot of natural gas, it's easy to explode. Soviet scientists agreed to set the cave on fire for safety reasons.
The fire has been burning for 44 years and has never stopped, so the amount of natural gas in the cave is so large that scientists can't tell when the gas will run out and the fire will go out.
In fact, in addition to the gates of hell, there are two large gas caves in the desert. But it hasn't been developed yet. With the development of science and technology, some people ask, why doesn't it waste to burn the natural gas like this? And now is the time to need new energy, and this hellgate is a good time to take advantage of it. However, our turkmenistan does not care, because they are a country with unlimited natural gas, and the geographical door is gradually open for tourist attractions, and the benefits are very considerable. Every year many adventurous tourists come to see the gates of hell and feel the flames.
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