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Underground Fires that Burn For Decades

Sometimes a fire just won't go out. Uzbekistan is home to a place called Darvaz, nicknamed by locals "the door to hell." It's a semi-underground gas fire that's been burning nonstop for 35 years. Find out why, and see some close-up pictures of this hellmouth after the jump, plus another fire in Pennsylvania that has also been burning underground for over 30 years. More »

7:00 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Annalee Newitz
76,635 views, 60 comments

Latest by tedious nonsense: Look, folks, the only way that we are ever going to break our dependence on oil, and therefore reduce the effect that burning it may have on our climate, is to use enough oil so that it becomes prohibitively expensive. more »