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Now, everyone here can go to hell...
Posted on 9/10/14 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 9/10/14 at 4:54 pm
Or at least to the doorway to hell. I can't believe I've never heard of this. That's a mighty long time to be burning.. wonder how much gas that is over the yrs.
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No one is really sure, when the fire in the 60-meter wide, 20-meter deep crater may go out, but it is known for certain that it was started after a drilling accident in 1971.
The ground at the site collapsed when Soviet geologists were exploring a natural gas field – one of the many reserves in the gas-rich country, which used to be a Soviet republic. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident, but fearing that poisonous gas fumes may pose a danger for the local population and animals, the geologists decided to set them on fire, thinking they will soon burn out.
The guys apparently miscalculated – and the gas is still burning, creating a surreal otherworldly scene
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This post was edited on 9/10/14 at 4:56 pm
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Posted on 9/10/14 at 5:02 pm to Alahunter
Calling Al Gore
Posted on 9/10/14 at 5:02 pm to Alahunter
Ive drilled into similar places, back in the day
Posted on 9/10/14 at 7:15 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Sweet mother Magma...
Indeed
Posted on 9/10/14 at 7:37 pm to Alahunter
Did you notice the part about ground under a drill rig collapsing causing the hole?
Those workers had a bad day.
Those workers had a bad day.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 7:44 pm to Alahunter
There was a special on NatGeo a week or so about this--some dude set up a skyline, scooted out to the middle of it, and then was lowered to the floor of the crater (wearing one of those fireproof, lost-in-space-looking suits). Pretty interesting stuff.
Fuuuuck that.
Fuuuuck that.
This post was edited on 9/10/14 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 9/10/14 at 7:49 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Sweet mother Magma...
What is this magma nonsense I keep seeing posted on here?
Posted on 9/10/14 at 8:09 pm to Alahunter
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:16 pm to Alahunter
Underground fires are more common than you think. There is one in Pennsylvania that's been burning for like 60 years.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:20 pm to Pavoloco83
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What is this magma nonsense I keep seeing posted on here?
Those who know Magma, cannot explain, those who don't, can't understand.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:20 pm to Pavoloco83
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What is this magma nonsense I keep seeing posted on here?
If you have to ask, you're not ready to know yet. - Magorpheus.
I think it happened with the 9/11 thread a while back where Sleeping Tiger swore up and down that the firefighters saw magma at Ground Zero.
Ever since then it's developed into a little bit of a cult.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:23 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Magma is the official deity of the OTB.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:25 pm to Vols&Shaft83
What if you're in the middle, where you know what it represents but don't know what it is?
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:27 pm to tamctshirt
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What if you're in the middle, where you know what it represents but don't know what it is?
Magma cares not for ambiguous dispositions. You know or you don't know, you cannot be agnostic with Mother Magma.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:28 pm to Alahunter
Oh boy
That's a lotta magma
That's a lotta magma
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:30 pm to Landmass
Yep.. that would be Centralia, where they had the bright idea to burn their trash/dump and caught the abandoned coal mine on fire.
There are some longer burning ones than that though...
In Germany, a coal seam in a mountain has been burning since 1688 and in Australia, there is the Burning Mountain.. burning for 6,000 years.
But, we're running out of fossil fuels because of our consumption...
eta- oh, and the Pennsylvania fires, are expected to burn for another 250 yrs.
There are some longer burning ones than that though...
In Germany, a coal seam in a mountain has been burning since 1688 and in Australia, there is the Burning Mountain.. burning for 6,000 years.
But, we're running out of fossil fuels because of our consumption...
eta- oh, and the Pennsylvania fires, are expected to burn for another 250 yrs.
This post was edited on 9/10/14 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:33 pm to Alahunter
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But, we're running out of fossil fuels because of our consumption...
Clearly the burning mountains are being caused by global warming. And of course, I base this on absolutely nothing.
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:35 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
And so if there is no in between, does my disposition round up or down?
Posted on 9/10/14 at 9:38 pm to tamctshirt
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And so if there is no in between, does my disposition round up or down?
Down, my lost child.
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