Gate to Hell (on Earth)!

TheOtherOption · 16 May 2008 at 17:15

Very cool - the perpetual BBQ

- wonder how close you can get to the edge before you really feel the 'burn' ...

milkinc13 · 16 May 2008 at 17:21

awsome pics

Ben M · 16 May 2008 at 17:24

platinum87 said:
compared to CO2 created by USA, this thing is like the CO2 emitted by plants.

are you massively ill-informed, or using a rather obscure analogy?

James07 · 16 May 2008 at 17:31

That looks awsome, what started that off, how is it staying alight? Is it magma?

Some stunning pics there dude.

furnace · 16 May 2008 at 19:35

Haha, showed my girlfriend the video and said aliens have landed. Dumb blonde!

Tom|Nbk · 16 May 2008 at 19:43

Now that is awesome.

lumpeh · 16 May 2008 at 19:51

its sort of a hot coin ****** :|

thepharcyde · 16 May 2008 at 19:58

James07 said:
That looks awsome, what started that off, how is it staying alight? Is it magma?

Some stunning pics there dude.

Bad people

Solari · 16 May 2008 at 19:59

Google Earth:

Latitude: 40°15'9.42"N
Longitude: 58°26'18.28"E

Gog · 16 May 2008 at 20:02

Search for Dashoguz on Google maps. It's actually in Turkmenistan, not Uzbekistan.

madexpat has some videos of it on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/user/madexpat

dirtybeatfreak · 16 May 2008 at 21:00

wow thats pretty cool, would love to go see that and take some pics with my camera

ocuk tog's up for a meet there?? lol

Inazuma · 16 May 2008 at 21:08

Hehe yes next OCuk meet should be there

sunnysingh · 16 May 2008 at 22:17

what a breathtaking sight

Senture · 17 May 2008 at 08:06

Sorry, had to post this one.

Think I've spotted another one

http://www.senture-mir.com/hellgate.jpg

SimonTW · 17 May 2008 at 09:26

Senture said:
Sorry, had to post this one.

Think I've spotted another one

http://www.senture-mir.com/hellgate.jpg

Winner.

SkeeterUK · 17 May 2008 at 09:28

Good place for a bbq

Neoni · 17 May 2008 at 10:10

that is awesome.

Lord_Kokain · 17 May 2008 at 12:01

Even by not making money out of the gas, the authorities should have made this something like a tourist attraction by now.

SexyGreyFox · 17 May 2008 at 12:56

.Kencs said:
OOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKK lol

Stick with cBeebies.

platinum87 · 19 May 2008 at 02:39

Ben M said:
are you massively ill-informed, or using a rather obscure analogy?

if your talking about co2 emmitted by plants, they do give off CO2, but because its a little, and net take up of co2, it basically is a complex way to say "fck all"

Wiggins said:
The door to your bedroom perhaps?

the door to my basement

..

or prehaps this

http://www.shamash.org/holocaust/photos/images/Belsen01.jpg