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The " Gates of Hell " is a methane- and fire-filled crater in Turkmenistan 's desert.
It opened in 1971 after a Soviet gas drilling rig accidentally hit a natural gas reservoir.
The crater is likely connected to stores of flammable methane gas that provide fuel for the fire.
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