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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Cylasbreakdown on 2024-01-28 20:01:03.

Original Title: TIL of the Darvaza gas crater, AKA the Gates of Hell, a crater in Turkmenistan that has been on fire since the ‘80s. Engineers wanted to prevent the emission of poisonous gases by igniting them, but reportedly underestimated how much there was.