Darvaza is a Turkmenistan village of about 350 inhabitants, located in the middle of the Kara-Kum desert, north from Ashgabat in central Asia. The Darvaza 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. It has been burning ever since.
I have the beer. So who brought the hot dogs?
We found the site for the B & P big@ss bbq. That’s quite the pit.
seen it on the net before DAYUM its hard to believe its still burning
If you listen real close, you can hear Michael Jackson’s little squeal coming up from down there.
Kinda reminds of that coal town in Pennsylvania that’s been on fire for years. Bella, that site might be more convenient for the BBQ.
ok, Richard.
Richard – Centralia, Pa. Lots of good parking spots there now too!
http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm
OK, I will bring up one of these.
http://www.pitsbyjj.com/products.asp
So a flaming pit is better than a power generating plant, or a supply of natural gas that could be piped to homes for cooking?