燃烧了35年的“地狱之门”!
Darvaz: The Door to Hell
This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas. So they ignited it so that no poisonous gas could come out of the hole, and since then, it’s burning, already for 35 years without any pause. Nobody knows how many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years but it just seems to be infinite there.
在乌克兰南部有一处非常神秘的地方,当地人称该地为“地狱之门”,实际上是一个已经燃烧了35年的地下洞穴。
“地狱之门”位于乌克兰南部小镇达瓦兹(Darvaz)附近。关于这一神秘地穴的故事,已经流传了35年之久。
据报道,35年前,前苏联的一支钻探队和地理科学家在该地区考察钻探天然气资源。
正当他们在进行钻探的时候,他们突然发现了一个就在他们脚下的巨大的地下洞穴。突然之间,该钻探队的所有钻探设备以及临时营地都掉进了这个“神秘地穴”。
当时没有人敢接近洞口进行具体的调查,因为这个洞穴中充满了天然气,随时都有燃烧爆炸的可能,另外科学家也担心地穴中的毒性气体。
为了防止毒气从洞中逸出,无奈之下的钻探队员点燃了洞口的气体,就是从这时起,该洞口的火焰已经持续了整整35年,从未间断。
这么多年来,人们无法知道在这里有多少吨上好的天然气被燃烧掉,洞中的储气量,看起来似乎是无穷无尽。
洞中的储气量,看起来似乎是无穷无尽,“地狱之门”已成为当地著名的旅游景点 |