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Door to hell starting to close after 54 years (newatlas.com)

submitted 2 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/goodnewseveryone@piefed.social

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There are no written Soviet records, no logs, no official drilling reports, and no confirmation that they'd lit it intentionally – but there's no disputing a ~100-foot (~30-m) deep, 226-foot (69-m) wide pit of relentless fiery fury that's been burning for around 50 years in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://newatlas.com/environment/darvaza-gas-crater-door-to-hell-closing/

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[–] Libb@jlai.lu -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

haven't at least some of them been elected? If so, who should be punished? Asking for a friend, obviously ;)

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Shipping all 70 million of them to Turkmenistan might be a logistical challenge.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Tell 'em there's profitable AI down there and the bow ties itself

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Challenge accepted.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Scrap them all and start over.