The closest thing to hell on Earth lies in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert. There, a fire pit known as the Darvaza Crater earned the name “Gates of Hell”—or “Door to Hell”—because it ...

The gas crater in the Karakum desert, 266 km away from Ashgabat ... was popularly nicknamed the "Door to Hell." Flame pillars erupting from a cavern below the crater. the result of natural ...