How the Soviets accidentally discovered the 'Gates of Hell' - BBC REEL

[@thanhavictus]

If only that thermal energy was used for something

[@lilliesupreme9767]

How would it be harvested? Seems hard to engineer

[@holographicpestosauce]

@@lilliesupreme9767 i’m not sure it would be that difficult from an engineering standpoint. an economical one tho for sure would be difficult. with all the heat pushing air around, it could be used to spin turbines

[@l.i.v3703]

@@holographicpestosauce there’s a lot of this we could do to the world bro but it’s just going backwards

[@hlalelemahlaela77]

@@lilliesupreme9767 build a huge boiler on top of it and spin turbines with the steam from the boiler and there you got yourself some electricity for the nearby village.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Send all the cold people without gas stoves here to go camping

[@GoldenBullSignalss]

4th largest known gas deposit, failed to extract it properly so they ignited it out of fear of gas escape into the air

[@enriksouls6636]

Did they not mention that?? Crazy point to leave out.

[@cutecat1764]

​@@enriksouls6636they literally state it in the beginning are you funking stupid?

[@DJRustla]

Its been like that 20 years and nobody put a power plant over the top of it?

[@buddahGump]

1971 it was started. 40 plus years ago.

[@tsaodon1786]

Why don't they build a big boiler over the cratera and use the steam to generate electricity ?

[@chnb517]

With what water?

[@mirzah1162]

​@@chnb517He didn't think that far 😂

[@nikolaievans2432]

Beacause the whole desert is above a natural gas field its to fragile remember that a drilling rig fell in. Plus its a tourist attraction

[@elixier33]

​@@nikolaievans2432cos they don't know how to build. Otter countries manage it.

[@agajandowranow4941]

I'm a Türkmen and I explain why we burn it because in this area one mind happened and miners found a gas but they have no idea how much big is and they were so scared to scared and they burn it because if only one spark come out everything will be explode and they think the gas will end in one-two days but it didn't

[@sameer-yn4vx]

Ur English is bad bro

[@Jm-nq4je]

@@sameer-yn4vx no need for that lad

[@margaretneanover3385]

The story went, two men at times testing nukes were, tried testing. It never went out because gas was at area. Scary.

[@Michael.OJackson]

@@sameer-yn4vx don't be a nob

[@SumitKumar-co2pm]

@@sameer-yn4vx hey bro I can speak good english. Faak youuu

[@zurgboy07]

Looks like wasted natural resource to me.

[@naturewatcher7596]

Just build a thermal electric plant there and a city around it. Or it could work like a trash incinerator.

[@lilliesupreme9767]

Depends on how much power it could generate

[@stuemler]

America: We can stop Global Warming. Soviet Pit: Hold my carbon.

[@BathWater0427]

Right? Global warming or simply naturally occuring climate change? 🤦‍♀️ also (never researched this next part so could be wrong heard it by word of mouth) volcanic eruptions have slowed down and when volcanoes erupt it expels heat. Less eruptions=more heat buildup

[@PopMusyk]

So nobody knows how it was created? Nice documentary

[@ROHITPATEL-jb5ke]

it is the mistake of human. cause is known 😂

[@HelloWorld-iu2cd]

@@ROHITPATEL-jb5ke You obviously didn't watch the clip.

[@pseudodentist2346]

Ur mom

[@sushbhatta]

It was initially digged for oil extraction But the natural gas there which was hoped to burn out in few weeks has been burning for years now ,haha

[@Frostblitz20]

4th largest known gas deposit, failed to extract it properly so they ignited it out of fear of gas escape into the air

[@TommyLegamerQc]

I am high n this is cool

[@mrgreen...9643]

Thought i don't rememver writing this realised your a different person and i'm not low, Good Times

[@irvineporras9631]

Same

[@taniabriscoe6493]

me too 7 months later high x

[@pmx5684]

everything is cool when you r high. I envy you

[@TRVBAL]

Same

[@zylanderr]

Go on, say where the fire is.

[@KyloBarley]

It’s in the hole 🙂🟩

[@saltyhalaman]

🗣️🔥⤵️🕳️ 🙂🟢

[@Chico_Julio]

Turkmenistan

[@KyloBarley]

@@Chico_Julio bro doesn’t get it

[@sovietrodan5326]

​@@KyloBarley its a new memes lobotomy dash Game is geometry dash 2.2

[@jjayasheela1]

What a waste of energy. Could have been harnessed

[@envar1]

Who better than the Soviets to discover something called “The Gates of Hell.” Of course they did. I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually found hell in some alternate universe 😂

[@PearlLV88]

Thank you for your comment. I’m not alone 😂

[@MechanicalRabbits]

pea brain

[@ahronthegreat]

@@MechanicalRabbits🤓🤓incel

[@bobbywhelan6668]

Grab a metal detector and scan the surrounding area...find enough clues to know what people were bringing in and out of the site

[@yellowbasementrecords651]

the soviets were drilling for oil. its not a mystery

[@Clepsydris]

Can't they extinguish the fire and put a cap 🎓 on the crater which would be connected through pipeline to storage tank

[@peterwhittington3198]

Right??? Seriously how hard could it be, I get the infrastructure would be considerable but compared to deep sea wells I would consider it feasible

[@sujayshetty7389]

Yeah that is wt I also thinking abou💭👌

[@Clepsydris]

@Sunflower Oil we're talking about capping that crater not filling

[@Clepsydris]

@69.mp4 you're telling about filling the crater with concrete. This will not work because gas will find another way to seep through ground. I'm saying let's assume that crater is open bottle, we'll put cap on that bottle by putting straw inside that bottle through that cap of bottle. That's it , we'll get free methane fuel and save the earth from global warming

[@quintinvankan2430]

@@Clepsydris How about instead of a cap, they put a big ass fkcing bowl on top of it with a pipe connected to multiple tanks

[@WGCE]

Now where are the environmentalists ? Why are they not helping in stopping this fire? Why are they not protesting against this fire?

[@osteoporosis7274]

I think people probably face more pressing issues in Turkmenistan.

[@edh2246]

Burning the methane gas is better than releasing it into the atmosphere.

[@ozinusa]

perish thought they ever think of extinguish and harnessing that energy

[@nastyab8003]

Not enuf gas...

[@Gmbjpls]

​@@nastyab8003 bruh it's burning from last 20 years or more how can you say not enough Gas

[@dallaswood4117]

Everyone fretting about just letting it burn and not harvesting it must have missed the part where even when natural gas is harvested they still burn (flare) off excess which is billions and billions of cubic meters per year this little bowl of fire is a drop in the ocean

[@Psalm-yg6yi]

That George guy, he REALLY does done traveling and exploring!!

[@cookiemonster3147]

Psalm 37 is awesome. blessings.

[@abnmr2830]

The Soviets were some weird guys that considered anything related to oil or gas strategic..... said the guys who have massacred half the planet for oil.

[@Brandon-dy8us]

I love how it's a bunch of natural gas that's been burning for 50 years. We could have used that gas.

[@melissaphillips2788]

DUDE THATS WHERE THE METEOR LANDED THAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS Then someone named Zeus possessed the crater and what it actually is

[@melissaphillips2788]

This is actually true

[@segaking5846]

What is blud yapping about💀

[@Spam-defence-2]

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[@KeiffButTheRealOne]

Your brain ain't rotten, it got atomized already

[@russbonneau9152]

fill it up with sea water, done.

[@ZeeZee9]

I thought they tried to extinguish but couldn't. A real shame that they are letting it burn intentionally.

[@thephilosophersjourney2595]

Pretty sure this is their only tourist attraction.

[@newandentertainmentnow6220]

As they said it is safer that it burns than the leaks to the atmosphere.

[@johnhoooten5536]

There are tens of thousands of similar fires all across the Sahara and other areas where oil exploration occurs. Also known as "flaring" in the oil business.

[@xJMSports]

Try Centralia, Pennsylvania, where there is a whole town that is uninhabitable due to underground fires since 1962.

[@ZeeZee9]

@@xJMSports Dang

[@ruduaravena7605]

0:25 who`s that music please..

[@orangestoreplus9695]

Audio Network❤

[@carlos.daniel.santmaria5477]

Despite being called the gates of hell. It looks quite beatiful during night time in my opinion.

[@ruthlesscutthroat4030]

why not put a power plant over that hole, free electricity!

[@hst654]

🤦

[@QadashJew]

It’s 12 portals of hell. We literally standing above hell. Satan go fast from heaven and landed on earth . Semjaza and 12 fallen angels got kicked out of heaven and bounded in tartartus

[@segaking5846]

Go ahead GD Players, DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE

[@virguls16]

It is a big hole. It seems to be burning down there.

[@Virtus647]

theres a *fire in the hole*

[@rajibuk]

I'm sure they can build a dome around it to extinguish the fire and capture the gas and connect to pipeline

[@Galford8322]

That would probably make it explode as much of the fire is still under ground. Best way might be a dome while vacuuming out the air and methane at the same time.

[@yellowbasementrecords651]

@@Galford8322 yeah creating a vacuum above a natural gas deposit….will go boom

[@bigdogboss7133]

What happens when it rains?

[@STA-3]

It gets temporarily distinguished. After a day or even some hours the gas comes back up and gets itself to burn further.

[@therese294776]

Switching to the tourism angle is strategic for sure.

[@jericsonsalvacion2925]

Thats a huge amount of wealth

[@PilgrammedGuide]

Question, what happens when it rains really hard?

[@mroxygennemroxygenne2939]

Looks like I found my dream gas cooker tailored to my munchy needs xD

[@90sdbest62]

i remember back in the 80s my mom and her friends talk about some people found the gates of hell and its burning. This is not what i imagine i imagine a small hole.

[@michelerandall123]

They blame mankind for global warming and Mother Nature is doing it herself with methane that is trapped and then burns in an enormous area. Imagine if they were able to trap and bottle that methane for later use for power and cooking and heating instead.

[@thatgurl3126]

That methane is produced due to decomposition of organic matter. Since the area is permafrost due to global warming it is thawing and the OM is now subjected to decomposition. So part of it is global warming

[@JB48632pointfour]

How can you not see that just because there’s a fiery hole that MIGHT have natural origins, doesn’t mean that cutting down trees and burning them and digging up tons of dead trees and virtually everyone on the planet burning that nonstop for 200 years doesn’t have an impact? Climate change is DEFINITELY caused by humanity’s constant burning of natural gas for the last 200 years. If you can’t see that, it’s because you don’t want to. On top of that, it’s speculated that this was ignited by an attempt to dig up oil.

[@lilliesupreme9767]

You think one oversized bunsen burner can change the chemistry of the entire atmosphere

[@yellowbasementrecords651]

@@lilliesupreme9767 it definetly does though……….

[@lilliesupreme9767]

@YellowBasementRecords the amount of greenhouse gas that thing produces is just a drop in the ocean of all emissions

[@leahwaitherawambui9472]

If only they controlled it then ,,now everybody in the country would be enjoying free cooking gas

[@mrandroid2191]

Why can't they throw sand and fill it up?

[@alphaomega8373]

Pretty humbling.

[@danielcoplin9609]

This is been lit for 50 years. that is infinite energy source. Why don’t everyone has it in their house. This free energy

[@thahleel]

They don’t want the strawmen to live a comfortable life because then they’ll get lazy and who will do all the jobs that don’t need doing on Earth then? It’s not gonna be the “world leaders”

[@Baseds_Backup_Account]

That ain't no tunnel to Hell, that's Hell erupting to the surface here on Earth.

[@knkn6075]

How come no one has attempted to fix this?

[@wisemysticaltree7074]

Its considered a natural monument so it is allowed to remain like that

[@Wezrolsmusic]

Bro is deep fires of the underworld 💀

[@MohammedAli-xv6es]

Why can’t they put steam engines on it, and generate electricity?

[@STA-3]

Thats actually genius.

[@fayrenknowles9110]

a pure definition of fire in the hole wow

[@raajajagan]

Put a giant lid on top , it will stop oxygen and fire 🔥 stops , then we can use the gas

[@grandmaster137]

That's a portal where Satan and his demons will come out.

[@Vblue999]

FIRE IN THE HOLE (GD meme) 😂😂

[@AloisAgos]

I wonder how long until the gas all burns up?

[@Bewefau]

And looking at it the whole thing isn't on fire can't you just plug the holes where the flames are coming out of one by one than after you them them all plug in the button fill the rest in with dirt on the sides and concrete

[@MM-TheEnd]

And then the earth will implode! :) Better out than in, remember.

[@JT-bs2lm]

They should just cover it with a lot of sand then extract then sell it. Just maybe.

[@c.k.2]

The perfect place for the FFF kids to demonstrate, far away in the dessert.

[@Fire_LegoMapping]

The soviets acedently opened HELL??? OH NOO

[@gregoryk31]

*Emits almost as much Carbon as Taylor Swift

[@Light_bright_burning_fright]

How can fire burn that long

[@MrShy-op9gd]

how if its rain? is the flare still flame up?

[@GreenEyedEmpath]

I feel sorry for those who think he'll is in the middle of the earth He'll is the earth

[@eluilus4017]

Cover /fill it that it doesn't get oxygen and burn

[@harlinaindra4899]

This reminds me if the mud volcano in east java, Indonesia, also due to hunan error

[@universpro7741]

How much is there in it?

[@buggals5]

It's been burning for many years

[@Sam-mn4ed]

Cut off my gas given a whole new meaning.

[@gunererkose7064]

IN MY OPINION THEY SHOULD FILL IT UP WITH WATER AND THE GAS WILL STILL FILTER THROUGH WATER TO SURFACE. IF THEY BUILT A SPECIAL SURFACE COVERING FLOATING ON THE SURFACE THEY CAN HARVEST THE GAS TO USE. AS SIMPLE AS THAT

[@mattbrzzx]

They rather scam tourists instead

[@lilliesupreme9767]

Why did you use caps lock

[@sashingopaul3111]

The water will boil off from how hot the ground the hole is, not to mention the chance of it exploding and making the problem worse.

[@geraouttahermaeens1075]

They might as-well build a generator on top of it and generate electricity

[@vishakhapandey2846]

News-🌋 Black ground music- 🏖

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Everyone smoked back then just as likely a cigarette carelessly tossed. I hope they can contain it.

[@dissolved9487]

Idk why everyone is all "oh it's a mystery!" It isn't. We literally know exactly what happened

[@ihsanbajwa3974]

بہت ہی عمدہ وڈیو بنائی ۔۔۔

[@mryankee3566]

At night it sure looks like the entrance to hell

[@benitofranklyn4237]

It has been burning for 50 years now? Obviously this is the real door to hell and not what ever nonsense this guys are claiming

[@Servant-420]

CIA has been around for quite some time , I wouldn’t be suprised if they was just experimenting or tryna hide something 😅

[@mrgreen...9643]

Now imagine if humans didn't exist and this same was happening the gas would of built up until it exploded that would of been very interesting

[@dr224444]

Are you Mr Green from Mr Green Online Casino?

[@mrgreen...9643]

@@dr224444 no lol

[@808State21]

Bit dramatic but interesting

[@penzman5385]

I first thought the people who discovered it were the ones to first make a campfire there but didn't survive the blast to tell about it. 🤣

[@guesswho6723]

So why they don't fill it up with rocks and sand

[@guyramsay246]

Why dont they out water on it ?

[@royquel921]

People was screaming out of the hole they heard people from hell screaming it’s a video about it

[@wisemysticaltree7074]

That video was fake The screams didnt even come from the crater

[@royquel921]

@@wisemysticaltree7074 I wish I can give u a link to listen to it

[@wisemysticaltree7074]

@@royquel921 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OViaGrZd2dbdU This video debunks the whole thing And the darvaza crater is a whole different place which isnt from russia

[@ZombieNova6]

The crater must be full of netherrack

[@nasherbuenafe5623]

It hasn’t been put out by rain water either?

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Wow! That's very weird. 😮

[@enjoi7552]

They cant just add water and turn it off?

[@sounsure9108]

What about a cement well cap, really big and thick

[@hussainraza8235]

3:03 actidentally ???????? what he said ?

[@montanasnowman3138]

So nobody knows how it got there but the Soviets did it got it

[@yellowbasementrecords651]

the soviets were drilling for gas when they hit an unexpected gas deposit……are you dumb or just stupid?

[@Doctoroctane218]

Aliens: thanks humans nobody talking about us

[@blainemogil2254]

Methane? Methane?! Plug this monster. Hello McFly, 1.5C!

[@jasonblack4208]

"You were the chosen one!"

[@johnhoooten5536]

Be careful and bring a Geiger counter. Likely an undisclosed underground nuclear test site over a gas deposit. Many strange nuclear related issues over the years with this country.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Wonder if Chernobyl was intentional sabotage

[@yellowbasementrecords651]

42 iq comment

[@yellowbasementrecords651]

@@nuclearcatbaby1131 no

[@yellowbasementrecords651]

@@nuclearcatbaby1131 chernobyl benefited nobody

[@kennethmarshall306]

Always worth having a dig at the Soviet Union. We in Britain would never try to cover up our blunders

[@andrewryan9655]

Imagine if aliens landed their ship for the first time next to that hole. I'm not sure where I'm going with this....but that would be cool.

[@hugotislifebyjas192]

It could be a source of energy that can providr all over the world instead of using oil

[@liveonce309]

Perfect campfire

[@Arikisfine]

this here is the world's longest fire

[@benjamindouglas324]

Coal mine under city in USA ,entire city evacuated and relocated

[@Revan2908]

@@benjamindouglas324 I was just going to mention Centralia, myself lol

[@tekkzilla619]

What about the eternal flame at JFK's burial/memorial site?

[@piusumoh2650]

Upon all the scientific research, nothing has been found to help extinguish the fire🔥 , God is Supreme

[@raulsekwati885]

Why haven't they harnessed the heat to produce electricity?

[@KyloBarley]

Money no

[@AjejeB]

Is that producing a lot of CO2?

[@billythecat7192]

They literally burning the money away.. Imagine if they where able to sell that gas country wont be the same

[@timnaccarato4503]

Where the hell is Daniel Plainview

[@nertervern]

Wonder what the radiation levels are around here.

[@electronicguy420]

what do you mean radiation?

[@MyPersonalDevelopment]

Someone turned off fire tick 😂