Okay, they're actually images of a place called Darvaza, or the "Burning Gates". Seems a 1950's Solviet drilling rig, searching for natural gas struck an underground cavern, resulting in a crater roughly 60 meters in diamatere and 20 meters deep. The natural gas is released in thousands of tiny vents all over the crater, and were set alight shortly after being discovered, as a safety measure. It has been burning ever since, filling the air with the smell of burning sulfer.
Pit BBQ anyone? All you need is a REALLY big grill and a couple thousand pounds of cow...
Whodda thought that the gates to the underworld would be found in a middle-eastern desert?
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oh my GOD!!!
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