Watch an explorer share what it's like to descend into the Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as the “Gates of Hell.” ...

THE Gates of Hell are a staple of both theology and pop culture, in both a doorway to an otherworldly realm usually depicted ...

The Gate to Hell has been open since the 1980s – and it cannot be closed. Deep in the arid desert of Turkmenistan, a huge crater burns with the wrath of a thousand flames, night and day ...

and almost year-round sunshine in dry desert areas, which cover 86% of the country. In November, Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy developer Masdar and Turkmenistan‘s power utility, Turkmenenergo ...