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The Door to Hell
Posted on 3/7/15 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 3/7/15 at 11:28 pm
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The Door to Hell is noted for its natural gas fire which has been burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet petroleum engineers in 1971
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It was thought to be a substantial oil field site. The engineers set up a drilling rig and camp nearby, and started drilling operations to assess the quantity of gas reserve available at the site. As the Soviets were pleased with the success of finding the gas resources, they started storing the gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig and camp collapsed into a wide crater and disappeared. No lives were lost in the incident. Fearing further release of poisonous gases from the cavern, the engineers decided to burn the gas off. They believed that it would be safer to burn it than to extract it from underground through expensive methods. At that time, expectations were that the gas would burn out within a few weeks, but has continued to burn more than four decades after it was set on fire
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Posted on 3/7/15 at 11:55 pm to harmonics
One must be very careful with Mother Nature. She don't frick'round.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 12:00 am to five_fivesix
The fact that they thought they could extinguish the gases within a couple of weeks and over 40 years later it is still burning, is something else.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 12:27 am to harmonics
Global warming
Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:18 am to Agforlife
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Global warming
Apparently the CO2 that is released during the burn off is better than the methane being allowed to enter the atmosphere.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 6:54 am to BlackPawnMartyr
Reminds me of Mordor.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 11:16 am to dead money
One does not simply burn off the gases...
Posted on 3/8/15 at 11:48 am to SoFla Tideroller
I think this would be an excellent place to put the ISIS folks when and if captured.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 2:09 pm to harmonics
Centralia, PA is the backdoor to Hell. In 1962 a coal fire started in the mine. It's still burning.
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The fire which is all underground has even spread to the interstate which has been abandoned:
Because it's a coal seam fire (folks familiar with coal seams in TN and KY will know what that means) it will continue to spread and burn for centuries. Centralia will still be burning after our great-grandchildren are dead and gone.
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The fire which is all underground has even spread to the interstate which has been abandoned:
Because it's a coal seam fire (folks familiar with coal seams in TN and KY will know what that means) it will continue to spread and burn for centuries. Centralia will still be burning after our great-grandchildren are dead and gone.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 2:18 pm to harmonics
I wonder how many atheists are in there.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 2:45 pm to harmonics
Algore sez he can fix this
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