What On Earth is That?! 7 Bizarre Phenomena Happening Right Now!
7. The Burning Lake in Turkmenistan
While not exactly a lake, the Darvaza Gas Crater (nicknamed the “Door to Hell”) is a massive natural gas field that collapsed into a hole and has been burning continuously since the 1970s. Geologists allegedly set it alight to burn off dangerous methane gas, expecting it to extinguish quickly, but the fiery crater is still alight decades later. It is a striking, terrifying spectacle in the middle of the Karakum Desert.
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