We left to cross the Karakum desert in the afternoon and it was super hot, hitting 38 degrees and a steel box was definitely not the most comfortable mode of transport and a couple were hit with heat stroke. We did see and pass through some large sand tornadoes though but other than that the scenery wasn't that exciting. The evening was assigned to a 6 wheeled drive monster jeep trip to the burning gas crater. I'd read and seen photos of the craters on previous year's blogs but It was absolutely spectacular and so surreal. This huge crater was created as a drilling rig collapsed into the ground in the 1970's. The natural gasses leaked out and someone decided to light them and the crater has been burning ever since. The locals see it as the gateway to hell and you can see why! The whole truck was buzzing an everyone felt privileged to have seen it.
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