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The Burning Gas Crater of Derweze, Turkmenistan.

 

Walking up to the burning gas crater. This definetely doesn´t capture the real experience. Feeling the heat on your skin. The silence of the desert breaking by the soft roar of the fire. It was almost a religious moment.

 

For more background on the crater, please check out www.flickr.com/photos/danielgustafson/5123574915/in/photo....

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Uploaded on October 28, 2010
Taken on October 28, 2010