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

submitted 3 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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there's no disputing a ~100-foot-deep (~30-m), 226-foot-wide (69-m) pit of relentless fiery fury that's been burning for around 50 years in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 104 points 3 months ago

In 2013, the crater's flame intensity and temperatures were at its recorded peak. At the same time, renowned Canadian explorer, George Kourounis, became the first – and only – person to enter the crater wearing a full heat-reflective Kevlar/Nomex suit and a firefighter's Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) to provide oxygen. He descended to the 752 °F (400 °C) crater floor and retrieved soil samples. Scientists later found extremophile bacteria living in the scorched earth samples Kourounis provided.

Wtf that's the craziest part of this story!

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 29 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, extremophiles are pretty metal. Like, some of them can survive being in space.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 49 points 3 months ago

Which side of the door are we on?

Are we inside hell? Or outside hell?

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 31 points 3 months ago

“Hell is other people”, so I’m guessing we’re on the inside.

[-] 474D@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

If the door is open, does it matter?

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 3 months ago

it will matter when it's gone...

[-] bran_buckler@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago

It’s too late! The bowels of hell have already been emptied, the demons walk among us…

[-] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 26 points 3 months ago

ඞ

[-] Damage@feddit.it 11 points 3 months ago

Rip and tear

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

I needs to get me a BFG9000!

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

What's the power level of them big fuckin' guns, anyway..?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

They need 4 D cell batteries, so big power levels.

[-] twice_hatch@midwest.social 26 points 3 months ago

HELL IS FULL

BLOOD IS FUEL

BABA IS YOU

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

EDITED BY MAX0R

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 18 points 3 months ago

You know things are shit in the world when even hell wants nothing to do with it...

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 3 months ago

Only because it’s now empty and all the devils are here

[-] moodymellodrone@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

So I guess they want it to close. They’re draining the methane from elsewhere

[-] troed@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

Hope so. Burning the methane to CO2 is a lot better than releasing it as is for the climate.

[-] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

maybe things will start to get better 🤷

[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 16 points 3 months ago

No, this is Hell trying to keep us out.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I don't know, it really feels like it's starting to open faster.

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025

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