The Door to Hell

    The Door to Hell is a natural gas field in Derweze (Darvaza). The village of Derweze is centrally located in Turkmenistan, its 350 tribal residents braving the inhospitable conditions of the desert for hundreds of years.

     Nobody knows how many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years but it just seems to be infinite there.

     The site is still burning, attracting hundreds of tourists every year, even though the country's president ordered it to be filled in 2010. Turkmenistan's natural gas reserves rank fifth in the world, but a lack of international pipelines has hampered development efforts.