Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have set ...

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Recent visitors to Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater have been left cold by the landmark’s feeble flames amid government efforts to suppress the blaze. Now Turkmenistan has announced a technical plan ...

At night, the Darvaza gas crater looks almost theatrical: a ring of fire dropped into the Karakum Desert, its orange glow carrying across the dark, flat landscape of central Turkmenistan. For decades, ...

There are no written Soviet records, no logs, no official drilling reports, and no confirmation that they'd lit it intentionally – but there's no disputing a ~100-foot-deep (~30-m), 226-foot-wide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The site in Turkmenistan burns through millions of cubic meters of natural gas each year. The exact cause behind the Darvaza Gas ...