the "gate way to hell " so called darvaza

The gas crater is near the village of Darvaza in the middle of the Karakum Desert,The Darvaza gas crater, also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, or, officially, the Shining of Karakum, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. The floor and especially rim of the crater are illumined by hundreds of natural gas fires