How incredible and haunting are those photos? In 1971 in the village of Derweze, Turkmenistan there was a drilling accident where a massive underground natural gas cavern was punctured causing the ground to collapse and creating a hole of poisonous fumes. To minimalize the potential environmental catastrophe, geologists set the hole on fire but the crater hasn't stopped burning since. It's been over 40 years since that day! Have you heard about this before? xoP.S: You can read more about it here.
(Thanks Sarah)
38 comments:
oh my gosh this is insane! how i have never heard about this is beyond me.. great find diana!
Oula la!!!!
Diana have a happy day,
Elena
These photos are absolutely,insanely gorgeous. Amazing!
<3 Belly B
Gorgeous! Fittingly now when all the English Airports are closing before the smoke from Island is arriving again...
Have a fab day!
I think I read about this before, it is really crazy! But the pictures are beautiful!! xox
Kristin, I read about it this morning! My mom managed to catch her flight this morning to Greece. Lucky her:)
wow. that is crazy. It looks beautiful but I am sure everyone wants it to be over.
These photos are amazing. It's interesting how something so dangerous can be so beautiful.
Incredible pics!
xoxox,
CC
Oh wow. I've not heard of it before. It looks really amazing yet so very scary at the same time!
wow! these photos are absolutely breathtaking!!
Wow! Great pics and an interesting story - thanks for sharing!
xoxo
i haven't heard of it before..those are stunning photos!
happy tuesday:)
http://flysongbirdblogspot.com
This is just amazing. Wow.
xoxo ~ Courtney
http://sartorialsidelines.blogspot.com
Wow that's incredible! The photos are spectacular too. Hope you're having a lovely day, sweetie :)
wow. crazy pictures!! never heard of this before.
wow that's crazy! the pictures are really cool!
whoa! that's so fascinating!!!
No, I never heard of it before but this is amazing! Scary but amazing..
Wow- this is amazing! I've never heard of this before! Thanks for sharing! I love learning things like this because I'm a huge dork! :) Love the photos!
Whoa, that's insane!! Kind of like the underground mine fire that's been burning in Centralia, PA (less than 2 hours from where I live) since 1962!
Those look like they're straight from a movie! Stunning.
i've never heard of this place. amazing! i really really wish that maybe in my next lifetime i can travel and see all the wonders (not just the 7) of the world like this one.
No, I have never heard of it, but that's crazy
Whoa, so intense!
What a lesson, the earth is so powerful, we need to stop messing with it!!
Oh my goodness, I've never heard of this! And it's still burning?! I'm off to visit that link you shared.
WOW. I'm speechless. Just visited your link. That is remarkable - and I've never heard of it. If that were in a more developed area, it would be all over the news.
thats crazy. I had never heard this story before but I want to learn more now!
Those are unbelievable! So beautiful yet so eerie at the same time. xo
Amazing photos and amazing story. Not sure I would be standing next to it though. :-)
How have I never heard of this? The photos are unreal.
It's both tragic and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
turn up the rad blog
turn up the rad creative
that is crazy!
I have read about it and apparently it's quite toxic but definitely a tourist magnet. I think I've read it where some people refer to it as "hell."
It's just fascinating! xo
Gawsh, these pics are extraordinarily beautiful and frightening at the same time.
This is amazing! I've never heard of this before. Off to read the article now!
incredible.. never seen this before!
Post a Comment