This Hellish Crater Has Been on Fire for Almost 50 Years
If someone tells you, “When in doubt, light it on fire,” and they’re referring to a huge crater leaking natural gas, don’t listen to them.
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For nearly 50 years, Turkmenistan has had a fiery reminder of an idea that looks good on paper doesn't always pan out the way you'd like it to when it comes to the real world application of said idea. Look no further than the outskirts of a Derweze, a small village of 350 people in the middle of the Karakum desert. It is there a 230-foot-wide crater has been burning off methane gas since 1971.
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So mankind found a seemingly endless energy source and we just lit it on fire?
@jordanhuguet82
3 жыл бұрын
@Hammerschlägen M haha exactly
@imperialstarbucks857
3 жыл бұрын
Why the heck are they not like using the energy from the freaking hole?
@theaegislash8249
3 жыл бұрын
@@imperialstarbucks857 cus the scientist were dumb and threw a grenade in it to try and blow a bigger hole
@sheikhu1039
3 жыл бұрын
@@theaegislash8249 did u not read?it was releasing dangerous gasses in the air so they wanted to burn it all out but it will mangedtta for fifty years, if theydidnt burn it thered be 50 years worth of dangerous gasses killing people
@sheikhu1039
3 жыл бұрын
@@BobMarley-cy2fe think about it,the hole is 90 feet deep and dangerous gas is being carried by air at unknown speeds, do u 1. Waste your time getting a crane and slowly cover it as the seemingly infinite gas spreads,or quickly set it on fire to avoid casualties
how to make this place stop burning: step one: craft a pickaxe step two: mine the netherrack step three: profit
@gavinbeacom3251
4 жыл бұрын
Mad funny
@2highforthisshihh843
4 жыл бұрын
Well you are definitely Not wrong !!! 😂 Mu-ritards!!
@JohnnyR1M
3 жыл бұрын
Youre gonna need a fire resistance potion tho
@t57thetank
3 жыл бұрын
Jon Hilger lol ya
@mr_moon204
3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnnyR1M ikr
Just put a huge boiler over it and make a power station, 50 years of wasted energy and everyone is shouting about global warming,
@MrFrinZy
3 жыл бұрын
That'd be a modern marvel, for sure
@MrQhuin
2 жыл бұрын
Put some steam engine on that and convert that energy into electric. But I think getting the water there would cost more money than the energy it would produce.
@glife8478
2 жыл бұрын
Fully agree route the gas to a power station built near by
@dogeofgreatness2222
2 жыл бұрын
Dont you guys understand? It's in the middle of the damn desert, too expensive to create energy from.
@aqeel-3771
2 жыл бұрын
@@dogeofgreatness2222 do u know how much the energy prices have gone up?
fire...in the hole?
F I R E I N T H E H O L E
I love this video. Such a cool place to hopefully see. Also what is the name of the song in the video? It adds the perfect touch!
It’s all fun and games until your marshmallow starts to catch flames.
Setting this on fire was a big brain play.
Now just imagine if we didn’t lit that fire
@xyro3633
3 жыл бұрын
If someone just stumbles across it-
@magnusthered4973
3 жыл бұрын
We would be dead the gases coming out of it are very toxic when in contact with air
@callofdutyisboss7953
3 жыл бұрын
I remember the full story of this, the gasses were affecting a nearby town, so in order to protect the town they lit up, it could be a different firey crater tho I'm not 100% certain
@codyrawiri-pettit5526
3 жыл бұрын
Build 100 mining tunnels under it and then 50 years later when we're all dead robots should build 100 more and send animals into it
@aidencassidy9631
2 жыл бұрын
@@magnusthered4973 so it was actually a good idea do light it on fire
Alright who's bringing the marshmallows!!??😂😂
@chrishartman626
4 жыл бұрын
Me!
@cloudberrytweenen1031
4 жыл бұрын
Meeee
@fromchopin
4 жыл бұрын
Well I think the soviets should.
@2highforthisshihh843
4 жыл бұрын
No alcohol though, get drunk and think you're Satan 🔥💀🙄😔
@podbites47
4 жыл бұрын
Should i get some
Once I found the mute button, this video was tolerable, just long enough to figure out the search terms to find better videos on the subject. 18 seconds and abandoned.
1:17 That's how Soviet geologists put the crater on fire 😂💀
All horror always starts with a couple of soviet scientists.
Wow ! Very informative 👍❤️
What if some guy just dumps a ton of water in that crater.
@DemeDemetre
3 жыл бұрын
1 ton is very little
@bucketeer7087
3 жыл бұрын
@@DemeDemetre i didnt specify how much.
@ycse_xx
3 жыл бұрын
@@bucketeer7087 "a ton"
@bucketeer7087
3 жыл бұрын
@@ycse_xx nah but I didn’t actually mean 1 ton, a ton im talking about is like half of an entire lake, thats what I meant if u put it in my perspective.
@bonniesmoon
3 жыл бұрын
@@DemeDemetre pretty sure they just meant like a lot of water, doesn’t have to be a “ton” !
Tourist be like: Dammit, I forgot my lighter! Fire be like: I got chu.
Why can't we put out the fire and harness the gas???? Seems like such a waste
@yogeshkumar7389
5 жыл бұрын
Its very hard to trap gas leaking from small bubbles from a very large porous land. If you invest same money on a gas reservior, you can earn pretty well...
@rezkydonnyputranto4232
4 жыл бұрын
And its a tourist destination...
@vexari4683
4 жыл бұрын
@Mason Gilbert holy crap you just went crazy
@ianmooresguard1721
4 жыл бұрын
@Mason Gilbert so you gave them a 50 slide PowerPoint presentation
@glendagonzalez8974
4 жыл бұрын
Its not,becaue Turmekistan does not accept tourist.Is the isolated country in the world.
Engineer 1: we hit a bit of roadblock, there are unknown amount of natural gas Engineer 2: why don’t we lit it on fire? Engineer 1: great f*cking idea!
Wooow!!! That is an excellent place to drop all the politicians and greedy businesmen.
@akbinnn2106
2 жыл бұрын
And stupid jealous people as well)
@juanjoyaborja.3054
2 жыл бұрын
Oh look, a liberal! Let’s throw him in instead! Let’s see if his BLM, Antifa, and LGBT crew come into save him!
@qcxgodlike
2 жыл бұрын
Wow hahhaahah i agree
@UnitedPacci
2 жыл бұрын
@@juanjoyaborja.3054 leta throw nazis and white supremacists as well
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes will not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16
Did anyone already estimate or calculate the amount of CO2 and other exhaust this is / was emitting daily or yearly? How many tons of? I mean this is 50-year of air-pollution by continously burning off natural gas (mainly methane), means using atmospheric oxygen. And this will go on until the cavity beyond it is "empty" (well long to go still, potentially) or until some concerted action stops it the other way. And yes, filling it with concrete of suitable density may be a solution to tighten the leak in the ground. Leaving it burning for tourist attraction is not an option, as it does not solve the initial problem here.
@mastersonogashira1796
2 жыл бұрын
Just be thankful it’s not coal or oil
@acobirker1766
2 жыл бұрын
Methane is more potent gas than CO2... That's the cheapest approach to be environmentally friendly, to ignite it
@forwarddiscipline
Жыл бұрын
CO2 makes up about 4% of the atmosphere, our contribution as humanity is about 30% of that 4%. Stfu turd.
@logan4215
Жыл бұрын
there are much less greenhouse gasses emitted from burning than letting it go. The same reason we burn methane off, the co2 from burning methane has much less of a global warming potential than the methane itself.
@forwarddiscipline
Жыл бұрын
@@logan4215 FYI, it isn't about facts and reason with these people, they are liars. They do not care for the truth, only for power, and they lust for it.
THIS IS SPARTAAAA
@vickynoneya4091
4 жыл бұрын
Lol. Oh no
@Ricky911_
3 жыл бұрын
Oh God.
So technically, it's humans fault to create a gateway to hell like this to begin with
Great background music😎
Brilliant ! Just brilliant
@rayinspace6921
4 жыл бұрын
E's r good, E's r good, E's Ebeneeza good. Got any vera's? Sorted.
@Ethorbit
4 жыл бұрын
Ray In Space What?
the question is how long will it still be burning?
Nature has many wonders for us
Wouldn't this be a big part of the Ozone layer problem, omissions, etc?
@yogeshkumar7389
5 жыл бұрын
Its actually good for earth as Methane is very harmful green house gas, so its recommended to burn it so the products like CO2 are less harmful for environment.
@Humbulla93
4 жыл бұрын
ozone layer gets destroyed by chlorofluorocarbons
@TheHortoman
4 жыл бұрын
@Lolrtfyu Lolytfru if you think about it the fact that the carbon (in the form of natural gas) was sequestered underground just means it was once in the athmosphere before, meaning earth has once before had all that carbon available for plants to use. What im saying is basically we need to invest in green spaces, not reducing carbon, since we need that carbon in the biosphere not in the ground, or air
@neilok17847
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHortoman but that carbon took millions of years to be stored underground. The last time it was all in the atmosphere the planet was closer to Mercury. Do you think its wise to just release it all in one go(relatively)?
@iamsan-san8094
2 жыл бұрын
in the last 50 years it has put only 0.3% the amount of greenhouse gases as everyone driving there cars for a day
Incrível!!!
"You can't just shoot a hole on the surface of Earth" - Galileo Galilei (maybe)
@reformedorthodoxmunmanquara
2 жыл бұрын
Copernicus:
The amount of gases that could have been used for industry lmao
Fill the hole with concrete or that foam stuff they use at the airports.
@silasteacher
3 жыл бұрын
I think throw all them covid bodies in there
This Hellish Crater Global Warming: Am I A Joke To You?
Don’t let King Gwyn near this thing.
I'm a Türkmen and I explain why we burn it because in this area one mind happened and miners found a gas but they have no idea how much big is and they were so scared to scared and they burn it because if only one spark come out everything will be explode and they think the gas will end in one-two days but it didn't
Imagine my clumsy ass standing next to it
Maybe if Kazuya threw Heihachi in there he'd finally stop coming back
@ProjectPewgf
2 жыл бұрын
Lol 🤣
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes will not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
Love your enemy
Imagine going in there!?!? Imagine if we could evolve to become FIRE-PROOF!?!?
@Nonexistentbystanderhere
2 жыл бұрын
lol no
@starwolfcyberlight4546
2 жыл бұрын
Nah
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes will not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16
this is like one of those one time no change event things in video games where it's the same crap everytime your game renders the area like lets say complete a mission and then a building is blown up and it's on fire and it stays like that forever
People who dug the hole: oops its a methane pit also the m: let's set it on fire to save the environment
Would love to see a movie shot there! Possibly a giallo!!....Bava would've made it work! 😆😆
Was I the only one watching this that heard in my mind the doom theme song?
@eZaFVulcan
3 жыл бұрын
lmao i thought that as well
Straight up hell right there O.O
Just call Boots & Coots. They can put it out, cap it and tap it.
Imagine same scenario some 1000 years ago.... and try to explain this shit to an Ancient societies........ and we now say Demons don't exit. Things like Demons back in ancient days may Indirectly refer to rare phenomenons like this.......
@kotka7957
3 жыл бұрын
That was exactly my thoughts haha
I would literally stand in the center of this
@justinwolfy6197
2 жыл бұрын
Its over anakin, i have the high ground
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes will not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16
@justinwolfy6197
2 жыл бұрын
@@gotellthem2099 stfu, god doesnt exist
Now it's been burning for 52 year
Nobody can stop me now
What a "BRILLIANT" idea.
@obamavrat671names
Жыл бұрын
I know, they were really hotheads right?
Someone should put a speaker that’s playing “4000 degrees kelvin” 24/7 right next to the fire pit
@obamavrat671names
Жыл бұрын
Degrees kelvin?
@kalavian
3 ай бұрын
@@obamavrat671names At least it's a Portal reference and not lobotomy dash
My phone volume was all the way up and the volume on my headset was all the way up when I started this video and almost died
@elecktronbluegirl
4 жыл бұрын
Prince Gogeta I can see how that might happen!! I sent this video to my friend and warned her to turn down the volume first!!
Building a super bowl stadium kinda cover now or at least the skeleton to get you across! Once you have the skeleton now try to extinguish the fire. Now cover super bowl structure with already big hoses attached to keep sucking gas and put it in trucks! 😌
Is ie possible to explode?
Thats the real eternal fire
So like I'm guessing it never rained in this area?
@c9dp232
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the rain itself isn’t necessary cold water the air pollution around it is
@harshsinghsrinet6523
3 жыл бұрын
It's a desert, not a tropical rainfo or a temperate grassland that it will rain over there. Use your mind dumbass🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
@IsaiahW
3 жыл бұрын
@@harshsinghsrinet6523 I literally live in the desert and it rains here all the time. Good job being a jackass though I appreciate it. 👍
@IsaiahW
3 жыл бұрын
@@c9dp232 I don't think the temperature of the water would matter. Boiling water would still put out a fire I would imagine.
@harshsinghsrinet6523
3 жыл бұрын
@@IsaiahW looks like the region you're living in is defying the laws of nature and definitions mentioned in geography!! BTW, could you please tell me the name of your place??🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
Why not find a way to harness it? Build a power plant on top of it, use the gas to heat water and turn turbines = profit.
@psi4262
Жыл бұрын
If you have a water source near you, which gives you profit then why would you go far to extract the same water which cost you more and is dangerous.
The meteor that landed there was probably made of netherrack.
Can I have permission to upload on Facebook this video?
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes will not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16 This is God's invitation letter to you to share eternity with him in heaven. What are you doing to do about it?
@nationofibrahim1302
2 жыл бұрын
@@gotellthem2099 I believe Jesus, but not as God, Jesus is a Prophet 😊, and I believe Jesus will be the global king.
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
@@nationofibrahim1302 A global king? He is the king of kings and the Lord of Lords and he has made all who believe in him kings and we will rule with him. Make haste while the sun still shines. You just acknowledge that he is the Lord. Call on him and he will give you rest. Once you accept him your name will be written in heaven. Now u know the truth, the ball is in your court. God bless you.
@nationofibrahim1302
2 жыл бұрын
@@gotellthem2099BismillahirRahmanirRahim kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJullq-eaZu6Z8Y.html
Good job, But i would have tried the same thing.
Yona Dia, good 💡 idea
Plottwist: it’s the netherrack that lets it burn forever
They can put it out but it is now Turkmenistans biggest tourist attraction
Look it’s how Doom Guy made into hell
@gotellthem2099
2 жыл бұрын
For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes will not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16
Leonid Brezhnev: "Let's make it like that Johnny Cash song!"
I have read the article about this in kannada magazine.
If this was In the USA, Americans will have shops and malls around it in no time.
Well they should make it usable in daily life so carbon fuel
How to survive a fart apocalypse ? Like so he can see
@neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326
3 жыл бұрын
Who
So what was the alternative to setting it on fire?
@dontbeakaren6145
2 жыл бұрын
To keep the poisoned gas from venting
It’s actually got a fence around it now...too many tourists
according to minecraft physics if you pour a bucket of water in the crater all of the hot stuff will turn into cobblestone or just rock
@michaelpapsch4278
9 ай бұрын
You cant pour water in nether you forgot
@Arikisfine
9 ай бұрын
@@michaelpapsch4278 ohh I see wym 😂
This proves there is a real HELL.
@FLQueerLiberal1982
2 жыл бұрын
No. No it doesn't. Not if you're referring to the mythological underworld of eternal flame and torture aka Hades. Remember, it wasn't burning until these morons - who have crunchy self-love socks where their brains should be, started drilling, causing the floor to collapse, resulting in the neverending release of tons of gas, then having the idiotic idea of lighting it on fire to burn off the gas. It wasn't burning until those lunatic Soviets came along. IF the Hades of Biblical lore is REAL, its flames would date back to a primordial era.
@gryphonp3te
2 жыл бұрын
How
How much longer will it burn?
Oh that? That’s just the gates of hell.
I think this is the biggest waste of gas I’ve ever heard of
So if someone jumps in there then they go to hell?
Doomguy: Where is this gate?
don’t tell me this is not hell...
After 1000 years future generation also will talk about this... like we do 🙄
At least Ik if I was there and I lost my lighter 😂😂😂I can light my blunt off tht
Them Russian geologists must of drank alot of vodka when they came to the conclusion of setting It on fire.
What kind of gasses did it emit?
Good for night camping ✌️
OK so I found a lava lake now it’s time to make a nether portal
Music name please???
@nickanderson1311
5 жыл бұрын
I'm wanting to know the same thing
@MrCS-81
5 жыл бұрын
Bhanu teja shazam
@pulkitsharma6648
5 жыл бұрын
@@MrCS-81 Don't work lol
Netherrack is what making the fire still burning
Just fix the hole with Ramen
Nice idea to burn in fact.... gas is much more dungerous in normal state for about greenhouse gases.... but if you burn release very low amount of CO2 compared to others...
There is no rainy season ?
I wonder how much impact this pit had on climate change
@ethan12313
2 жыл бұрын
In the grand scheme of things probably not much
@AnwarKhunji
2 жыл бұрын
@@ethan12313 ah, maybe some impact then... 50 years... and it's quite big.
@anapapo7707
3 ай бұрын
I believe that McDonalds had more
@AnwarKhunji
3 ай бұрын
@@anapapo7707
It is now fenced off.
Cant we use the heat in some way ... ?
Not even the rain can stop it sheeesh
Isn't this the one where American televangelists and Evangelicals told their followers that someone recorded (by lowering a recording device a deep as possible, but, obviously not too deep) what they said were the screams of millions of souls being tortured by the devil?
me when no bobux:ANGRY FIRE NOISES*
I wonder if a "vacuum bomb" thermobaric detonated over the hole would extinguish it
Nobody has found a smart way to use this powerful fire hole? Can’t we use it for energy or even throw away trash? No
What caused this crater in the first place? Was it a meteor impact?
@Blaze-bz4bj
4 жыл бұрын
It is a sinkhole I think
Can we just build a highway here already??
I’ll stand on the edge and smoke a joint
@arielcastro3620
3 жыл бұрын
my dumbass would trip & fall in
Literaly fire in the hole