It is said that a few Soviet scientists were looking for oil and accidentally found this crater. It is known as the Darvaza gas crater and is located in the Karakum Desert. The crater is made of natural gas which has been burning since 1971. It was originally found over 40 years ago. People used to believe that the crater emits dangerous gases in the atmosphere.

The depth of the crater is 30 meters and is 69 meters wide. The temperature in the crater can go over 1000 degrees Celsius at a few spots.

George Kourounis, a well known explorer, heard that the government would soon put out the fire. Hence, he decided to go down the crater beforehand. He rappelled down 100 feet into the crater and started exploring its surface.

The explorer wanted to analyze the samples of the surface. After the analysis, it was discovered that there were bacteria existing in the crater despite the fact that the temperature is always so high.

He came out claiming that the whole task was ambiguous, risky and opens to a lot of questions as no one has ever been there before. There were possibilities of the whole thing going wrong, ranging from the air not being breathable and scope of human survival is very less.

He described the whole ‘getting inside the crater’ task as an overwhelming experience as he was the very first human being to have had this unbelievable experience. He claims it to be equivalent to stepping on an alien planet.

George Kaurounis has happened to be at a lot of different places in the world which are highly dangerous in nature; some of it includes caves, volcanoes, and glaciers. Out of all the experiences he claims ‘Door To Hell’ to be the most exciting, adventurous and dangerous one.

The well known explorer proclaims that the expedition had everything that lies under the area of his interest. He also added that he likes to contribute to science. Every place that he has discovered has either been for science or for the sake of photography.

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