Tour The Man-Made Crater That's Been Burning For More Than 40 Years
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From the center of the Karakum desert in Asia, a massive crater dubbed the "Door to Hell," has been spewing flames for more than 40 years.
The ceaseless fire, which can be seen for miles in the distance, is not a natural phenomena. It's the result of a Soviet drilling rig accident in 1971.
Stefan Krasowski, a New York-based business executive who blogs about his worldly travels at Rapid Travel Chai visited the giant underground inferno in 2009.
"Darvaza is a monument to Soviet imperial failure, a roiling wound of failed engineering," Krasowski said.
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The adventurer was kind of enough to share some photos with us.
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