The Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor is a key section of the Silk Roads in Central Asia that connects other corridors from all directions. Located in rugged mountains, fertile river valleys, and ...

The closest thing to hell on Earth lies in Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert. There, a fire pit known as the Darvaza Crater earned the name “Gates of Hell”—or “Door to Hell”—because it ...

It is a crater in the middle of the Karakum desert, 70 meters or around 300 feet wide and about 30 meters or 98 feet deep. It is a hole in the depths of the earth that emits flammable gases.