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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 220

  • @IAmQale
    @IAmQale 9 років тому +197

    Hell of a show you got here.

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому +25

      Jonathan Sexton Ha! I see what you did there...

    • @mysticslick4467
      @mysticslick4467 3 роки тому

      Smooth

    • @Pills__btw
      @Pills__btw 3 роки тому +3

      5 year's later I find this still funny

    • @yesnt7298
      @yesnt7298 3 роки тому +2

      @@Pills__btw u here after seeing that tik tok??

    • @subaru4275
      @subaru4275 3 роки тому

      @@yesnt7298 I am lol

  • @DuDerui
    @DuDerui 9 років тому +62

    Every time I see your face, I'm automatically more excited about the world.

  • @peterg.8245
    @peterg.8245 9 років тому +29

    The graphic used for oil exploration is actually a pumpjack. Which is used to pump fluids out of an already drilled hole. Actually drilling the hole requires a drilling rig which has a tall derrick.

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому +3

      Peter Gettys Ah our mistake! Good to know!

  • @zl-ep1ke
    @zl-ep1ke 3 роки тому +6

    Amaterasu, The fire that doesn’t flame out

  • @manukenkun
    @manukenkun 9 років тому +8

    A friend of mine went here last year- she had some pretty impressive photos to show for it.

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому

      manukenkun Is there somewhere where we can see said photos? I honestly can't get enough of the Gates of Hell...

    • @manukenkun
      @manukenkun 9 років тому

      she did some great posts on her livejournal- and I think she has photos on Flickr, will try and track down some links for you.

    • @DrakeAsleep
      @DrakeAsleep 2 роки тому

      @@manukenkun pics?

  • @alexsmid1140
    @alexsmid1140 9 років тому +33

    This channel is going to become huge if you keep this up. Glad I got in on the ground floor.

  • @danielallen7384
    @danielallen7384 3 роки тому +1

    I wonder how many spiders have committed suicide in the past 40 years lol.

  • @dragondawn5346
    @dragondawn5346 2 роки тому +1

    putting out the crater fire is easy: Fill it half way with dirt from the surrounding area. Pour water to the remaining top half. If the dirt weight collapse it further, pour more dirt and repeat. Burning a ring of fire with gas for decades is an absolutely waste of natural gas, not to mention the air pollution.

  • @Eternixaza
    @Eternixaza Рік тому

    rain : finally a worthy emeny this should be very fun =)

  • @disabledgrandma2762
    @disabledgrandma2762 3 роки тому

    That's just pennywise inviting you to his crib

  • @amandadube156
    @amandadube156 8 років тому +3

    D&D reference...... YUSH!!!!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  8 років тому

      +Amanda Lee Dube Lolth! I salute you!

  • @aidan7655
    @aidan7655 4 роки тому +3

    Soviets find explosive gas
    Soviets: hand me a lighter

  • @Vladpryde
    @Vladpryde 8 років тому +2

    "BAH GAWD, KING! HE'S BEEN CHOKE-SLAMMED RIGHT THROUGH TO THE GATES OF HELL!" -Jim Ross.

  • @drugsyadollers3090
    @drugsyadollers3090 4 роки тому +1

    Green dustbin

  • @andrebmkt
    @andrebmkt 8 років тому +2

    This is the single most interesting channel on UA-cam and it's a DAMN SHAME that you don't have many subscribers! I'm telling everyone I know to come and visit and subscribe. I'm from Brazil btw. Much success to your channel, it's amazing!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  8 років тому +1

      Thanks so much! Please do!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  8 років тому +1

      Oh and if you have suggestions for Brazil I would love to hear them!

    • @andrebmkt
      @andrebmkt 8 років тому +1

      +Atlas Obscura I will! You can be sure! I don't know anything from the top of my head, but this page here (in Portuguese, but if you have trouble translating it I'll gladly help) may provide you with some material: ahduvido.com.br/30-famosos-misterios-brasileiros-parte-1

    • @andrebmkt
      @andrebmkt 8 років тому +1

      +Atlas Obscura This page might be a little better for those mysteries: plantaojti.com.br/noticias/12-maiores-misterios-brasileiros/

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  8 років тому +1

      +Estátua Thank you! This is so fun!

  • @centipede167
    @centipede167 9 років тому +3

    C'mon everyone, it's the world's biggest BBQ! Get yer snags, yer beer and marshmallows out! Oh, and some long sticks!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому +1

      You and me Centipede. Let's go, I am ready when you are!

    • @centipede167
      @centipede167 9 років тому

      Atlas Obscura
      You providin' the beer or the snags?

  • @texaslonestarrider
    @texaslonestarrider 9 років тому +3

    Very Cool!

  • @RajivSamaroo
    @RajivSamaroo 8 років тому +3

    good stuff,.. but the animation @ 0:26 is not a drilling rig... it's actually a pumping jack. wouldve been a perfect vid if you had gotten that right. :D

  • @stangeric1
    @stangeric1 9 років тому +3

    I like this guy... And the videos. subscribed!!!

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому

      +Eric Frayre Thanks! Hope we keep you entertained!

  • @entropy417
    @entropy417 2 роки тому

    Glad to see a DND reference

  • @ericsilberstein667
    @ericsilberstein667 4 роки тому +1

    Poor spiders. 😞

  • @LoafyNeverClear
    @LoafyNeverClear 2 роки тому

    This should be the 8th wonder of the world, if a bunch of rocks can be considered a wonder of the world, then some volcanic lava hole can.

  • @corinabandera5124
    @corinabandera5124 3 роки тому +1

    That's the Door of hell

  • @doggonemess1
    @doggonemess1 5 років тому +1

    Spiders throw themselves in? I want one. I'll put them all around my house.

  • @Lufe288
    @Lufe288 3 роки тому

    Its now 2021 and its still on fire but ppl say it gonna end it two years

  • @TheMusketITuckedIt204
    @TheMusketITuckedIt204 9 років тому +1

    I heard of this hellish site before, it's always good to learn more about it like how spiders are attracted to the light and energy of the fire before they throw themselves into it lol funny stuff.

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому

      TheMusketITuckedIt Thanks! Yeah the spider thing really caught my interest. It is such a great detail. Still looking into it, trying to get more information!

    • @patricksanders858
      @patricksanders858 4 роки тому

      @@atlasobscura hi Dylan! Love your work. As for the spiders...it is much more likely that the spiders are drawn to the rising hot air which they use to "balloonette" off the edge, using a long strand of silk to catch and ride the rising thermals. It is unlikely and highly unusual for any animal, or spider to willfully die without a reason. Ballonetting is very common amongst many diverse spider breeds.

  • @uddinislah3042
    @uddinislah3042 2 роки тому +1

    AMAZING

  • @shoaibshaikh4574
    @shoaibshaikh4574 Рік тому

    Why don't they harvest the energy? to help with electricity/put up a system to extract gas after enclosing and extinguishing it

  • @noufalghaithi5436
    @noufalghaithi5436 4 роки тому +1

    I am Muslim and that is so not hell, hell is way worse than this I promise

  • @alikazmi1545
    @alikazmi1545 3 роки тому +1

    It was a big stone fell from space so thats all story is ...

  • @Sh4quille0atmeal
    @Sh4quille0atmeal 3 роки тому +1

    Just fill it with water

  • @xaniacslastday4187
    @xaniacslastday4187 3 роки тому

    bonfires finna be lit

  • @donny234
    @donny234 4 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @ginaprunareanu7337
    @ginaprunareanu7337 8 років тому +1

    search muddy volcanos in Romania

  • @BombshellCelluloid
    @BombshellCelluloid 9 років тому +3

    Lolth. You win! I'm subscribing. :D

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому +1

      BombshellCelluloid I knew I would find my people here.

  • @crazypigs100
    @crazypigs100 8 місяців тому

    put a power plant ontop?

  • @wolfscareglow2425
    @wolfscareglow2425 3 роки тому

    This is a pyro’s wet dream

  • @ahmeds526
    @ahmeds526 5 років тому

    Even the rain does not extinguish it ????!!!!!!!!!

  • @chainsfrlostson
    @chainsfrlostson Рік тому

    Imagine during the rapture the demons come out of there

  • @TekinGear
    @TekinGear 2 роки тому

    It still burns

  • @posthood9261
    @posthood9261 4 роки тому +1

    Why gates of hell? Cuz its been on fire for like 30 yrs i dunno

  • @mamamuzzy3150
    @mamamuzzy3150 6 років тому

    So happy...🖒

  • @synexthebarbarian8006
    @synexthebarbarian8006 2 роки тому

    Burning for 40 years?!!!

  • @kissindzerkiss
    @kissindzerkiss 4 роки тому +1

    It had been going on for nearly 50 years.

  • @fmstackin
    @fmstackin 3 роки тому

    have they try putting it out with water

  • @MUHAMMADALI-xr6vk
    @MUHAMMADALI-xr6vk 2 роки тому

    Constantine keanu reeves

  • @empressatheism5146
    @empressatheism5146 3 роки тому

    Wny not pour water in there?

  • @strikefirststrikehardnomer2425
    @strikefirststrikehardnomer2425 3 роки тому

    But my name is Dylan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😱

  • @WeWillAllReturnToAllahSoon
    @WeWillAllReturnToAllahSoon Рік тому

    life is short, i advice everyone to listen to quran recitation to feel comfortable, may Allah guide you to Islam and save you from eternal hell, ameen

  • @kerrylattimore2684
    @kerrylattimore2684 4 роки тому

    That's not a drilling rig. It's a pumping unit.

  • @TheRowdyRudy
    @TheRowdyRudy 2 роки тому

    why don't they just fill it with water lol

  • @Deodorant8229
    @Deodorant8229 3 роки тому

    sooo 45 years now?

  • @asmos3033
    @asmos3033 3 роки тому

    As a geologist student on my last year this is on of the most awesome thing

  • @_greenner_
    @_greenner_ 3 роки тому

    good video also they have no covid there

  • @robynsrecs2183
    @robynsrecs2183 7 місяців тому

    I have that same Russian doll

  • @lencho2436
    @lencho2436 6 років тому +1

    Any humans fallen in?

  • @jodicompton5561
    @jodicompton5561 5 років тому +1

    When Dylan said that the Soviet geologists did "what was to them the sensible thing ..." I was half-certain that the next phrase was going to be, "... had a smoke while they thought about what to do."

  • @aselimajalengka7079
    @aselimajalengka7079 4 роки тому

    want to ask my boss ... is it a volcano or what? greetings from Indonesia, spirit always.

  • @Andrew-hi2zb
    @Andrew-hi2zb 3 роки тому

    evrybody: i dont want to get down there..................
    me: :o hell YEET

  • @justaguy9451
    @justaguy9451 2 роки тому

    I like this. Because I hate spiders.

  • @kayden3880
    @kayden3880 3 роки тому

    Guys just put water so he'll is not real

  • @kevinpantoja189
    @kevinpantoja189 3 роки тому

    have you try water

  • @TheToekutter
    @TheToekutter 9 років тому +8

    This hipster seems really happy about it.

  • @Sarvesh_C
    @Sarvesh_C 4 роки тому

    Does it never rain in that area??

  • @tekashto
    @tekashto 8 років тому +4

    1) Pause video at 2:29 2) wait 40 years after the Gates of Hell stop burning 3) Those candles will have been burning for longer than the GATES OF HELL

  • @skymeadow7762
    @skymeadow7762 2 роки тому

    Re-unite with their dark lord😂

  • @shocked557
    @shocked557 3 роки тому

    Why people is excited to go to hell?

  • @satyasuresh8605
    @satyasuresh8605 2 роки тому

    2022
    Aug 6

  • @maryy1523
    @maryy1523 2 роки тому

    what if tumalon ako dyan? :)

  • @mohmad3100
    @mohmad3100 9 років тому +1

    سبحان الله

  • @Ohnogoblin
    @Ohnogoblin 8 років тому +3

    He's so cute, I have a crush on him

    • @miso.1993
      @miso.1993 8 років тому +3

      I know right? he and his enthusiasm are so freakin cute!

    • @yourboiniko7593
      @yourboiniko7593 4 роки тому

      @@miso.1993 yall niggas trippin

  • @MaryMacElveen
    @MaryMacElveen 5 років тому

    Truly fascinating considering it was created by sheer stupidity.

  • @Ton369
    @Ton369 2 роки тому

    LEAVE IT OPEN !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @byrdwayross5446
    @byrdwayross5446 2 роки тому

    It's crazy when you think this fire will and has out lived some Humans 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @paddyvoyageur
    @paddyvoyageur 3 роки тому

    Is this real ??

  • @rareflower72
    @rareflower72 7 років тому +1

    I dont believe someone lit it and its still burning. Nope! Not buying this.

  • @wongsi.9403
    @wongsi.9403 Рік тому

    is all a goverment Turkmenistan doing I heard they were trying to build something down there and accendtly got fire ..and the goverment thought it would only last maximum 4 or 5 days but it still going on ..when they came to see 8 years later and were shocked when knowing that it was still on fire an when they knew there was actually 100m tons of ⛽they were very disappointed while also fell loss for what they did then a underlings of goverment gave a name to it as a door of the hell..these is the true story of Turkmenistan gate of hell ..

  • @fqmiiyy6109
    @fqmiiyy6109 3 роки тому

    Call me when you want call me when you need
    Call me in the morning ill be on the way
    Call me when you want, call me when you need
    Call me out by your name

  • @Elitespeaks
    @Elitespeaks 3 роки тому

    it is my home lol

  • @nevindinc5039
    @nevindinc5039 3 роки тому

    Is it even true

  • @honeybook2178
    @honeybook2178 3 роки тому

    Hello

  • @blanenoel4231
    @blanenoel4231 3 роки тому

    You Reddit!

  • @Italiankaraokepride
    @Italiankaraokepride 3 роки тому

    This is not the true gates of hell

  • @syedimran8196
    @syedimran8196 3 роки тому

    petrol dal ka bhojo bhai

  • @LeeAtkinson98
    @LeeAtkinson98 4 роки тому

    Methane is not deadly XD

    • @patricksanders858
      @patricksanders858 4 роки тому

      'Said Trump.

    • @LeeAtkinson98
      @LeeAtkinson98 4 роки тому

      @@patricksanders858 just the gas itself is fine, its non toxic (unless its from your fathers farts) to that end its "deadly" just like all gasses are.

  • @notoco1199
    @notoco1199 2 роки тому

    And people are told to switch from gas boiler to heat pumps to tackle climate change 😂😂😂😂

  • @Vidgomd
    @Vidgomd 2 роки тому

    Comment 200!

  • @bobbycaudle884
    @bobbycaudle884 2 роки тому

    May the circle be unbroken we are the children of the sun john 316 to all the bad people of the world do us a favor and go hop in your master will take good care of you there

  • @anonb4632
    @anonb4632 4 роки тому

    Let's see Greta Thunberg trying and cap this.

  • @BelleAtisHMi
    @BelleAtisHMi 3 роки тому

    Anyone here from tiktok

  • @gotthewholesquadlaughing3852
    @gotthewholesquadlaughing3852 4 роки тому

    🤟🏻

  • @mitabhattacharjee5328
    @mitabhattacharjee5328 4 роки тому

    OMG you are adorable

  • @imdumbshadowsl9716
    @imdumbshadowsl9716 8 років тому

    where the proff ooooooyeaaa I'm the kool aid guy

  • @syedimran8196
    @syedimran8196 3 роки тому

    Pani dal ka bhojo yaro

  • @arthurnios
    @arthurnios 3 роки тому

    the cause of climate change:

  • @havingalook2
    @havingalook2 3 роки тому

    This is where Donald Trump will go to live in January. Who though will get the honour of tossing him in?

  • @fotoviva123
    @fotoviva123 9 років тому +48

    You have nice content and a talent of a story teller, wierd how few subs you have :-/

    • @atlasobscura
      @atlasobscura  9 років тому +9

      Thanks Arthur Konstantinov! Tell your friends! Channel is pretty new, so it might just take a while :)

    • @YngRu541
      @YngRu541 8 років тому

      you'r freaking aweosme!! i've learned more watcing your videos than here in school on the oregon coast XD ahhahahah

  • @wongsi.9403
    @wongsi.9403 Рік тому

    is all a goverment Turkmenistan doing I heard they were trying to build something down there and accendtly got fire ..and the goverment thought it would only last maximum 4 or 5 days but it still going on ..when they came to see 8 years later and were shocked when knowing that it was still on fire an when they knew there was actually 100m tons of ⛽they were very disappointed while also fell loss for what they did then a underlings of goverment gave a name to it as a door of the hell..these is the true story of Turkmenistan gate of hell ..

  • @binedstudiostotalgame787
    @binedstudiostotalgame787 2 роки тому +3

    What would happen if we filled it up with salt water

  • @Jahanmdv
    @Jahanmdv 3 роки тому +6

    Love how my home country is just recognized by the ideology of hell