Turkmenistan’s president has ordered the extinguishing of the country’s “Gateway to Hell”, a fire that has been burning for decades in a huge desert gas crater.
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov wants it put out for environmental and health reasons, as well as part of efforts to increase gas exports.
Mystery surrounds the Darvaza crater’s creation in the Karakum Desert.
Many believe it formed when a Soviet drilling operation went wrong in 1971.
But Canadian explorer George Kourounis examined the crater’s depths in 2013 and discovered that no-one actually knows how it started.
According to local Turkmen geologists, the huge crater formed in the 1960s but was only lit in the 1980s.
The crater is one of Turkmenistan’s most popular tourist attractions.
“We are losing valuable natural resources for which we could get significant profits and use them for improving the well-being of our people,” the president said in televised remarks.
He instructed officials to “find a solution to extinguish the fire”.
There have been numerous attempts to end the fire, including in 2010 when Mr Berdymukhamedov also ordered experts to find a way to put out the flames.
In 2018, the president officially renamed it the Shining of Karakum.
Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on January 8, 2022
🔥 The Erta Ale volcano which is one of the most amazing natural sites on the planet and the world’s oldest active lava lake remains active.
The recent field observation of expedition leader and guide from Volcano Discovery Ethiopia, Enku Mulugaeta, confirmed that the volcano’s south crater went through little morphological changes before the current eruption started.
A part of NE crater wall (1-2 m) collapsed two times – the first time in the evening between 31 December 2021 and 1 January and the second time in the morning of 1 January, 2022.
The south crater, located in the central part of the caldera, is occupied by the lava lake that has undergone some changes. The intense activity of the lake was accompanied by rapid movements of the lava from the north to the south and small lava fountains, about 1 meter tall.
The terraces on the northern side of the crater appear to have been swamped by the lava after which the lava lake level decreased.
the lava lake is occupying the summit crater now and is back after 5 years of inactivity! The estimated depth of the lake is about 35 meters from the rim with a crater diameter of 200 meters. On 31 December, two big collapses have been observed, meaning that the lake got wider.
As to what exactly caused the eruption and whether it fed new flows from its main outlet channel or whether it was an independent batch of lava that burst out from a flank fissure, is not clear yet.
Erta Ale is the site of the largest of only five known lava lakes in the world. Temperatures inside the cauldron are said to reach around 1,100 degrees Celsius (2,000 °F). The volcano is known locally as “Smoking Mountain” and “Gateway To Hell.”
Erta Ale is said to be one of the very few Actual ‘gateways to hell’ right here on earth.
Hell—a concept we have heard about in almost every culture’s mythology and popularized by the Greeks. A ‘Door to Hell’ is a passage that leads into the underworld, where the creatures of the dead prevail, under the supervision of the God of Hell. Of course, depending on the culture, this so-called God of Hell is known by various names—from Hades to Lucifer.
🔥 Erta Ale was featured in the 2010 movie Clash of The Titans as an entrance to Hell.
🔥 Erta Ale Volcano (Danakil Depression, Ethiopia): Lava Lake Returned to Crater
💭 Visual observations from Seifegebreil Shifferaw confirm that the lava lake is occupying the summit crater now and is back after 5 years of inactivity!
The estimated depth of the lake is about 35 meters from the rim with a crater diameter of 200 meters.
On 31 December, two big collapses have been observed, meaning that the lake got wider.
As to what exactly caused the eruption and whether it fed new flows from its main outlet channel or whether it was an independent batch of lava that burst out from a flank fissure, is not clear yet.
😈 Leaked audio from recent closed meeting in which war criminal vampire-in-Chief Abiy Ahmed Ali asserts he will remain in power for 10 years using whatever means at his disposal. He told his cabinet members to prepare for more bloodshed as it is necessary to keep them all in power.
🔥 A Billion Wicked Thoughts as it’s meant to be heard. 😈 Abiy Ahmed Ali & Isaias Afewerki 😈 are the most evil monsters of this planet.
This monster is a vicious sociopath and will do anything he can to stay in power. His bloodlust – his desire for violence and bloodshed in vampire-like behavior is similar to vampire myths. He is a menace not only to Ethiopia, but to Africa and the entire world – he must be standing in the docks at The Hague, or thrown into the bottomless pit of The Erta Ale Lava Lake. The sooner the better!
Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on May 25, 2021
The airbase also gives the controller access for operations into the Red Sea
A mysterious airbase is being built on a volcanic island—the Mayun Island off Yemen. No country has claimed the structure being built in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The strait is one of the world’s crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and commercial cargo.is linked to the United Arab Emirates, AP reports.
Officials in Yemen’s government say that the UAE is behind the current attempt too. In 2019, UAE had announced that it was withdrawing its troops from a Saudi-led military campaign battling Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Whoever controls an airbase on the Mayun island is automatically elevated to a position of power, as it allows them to launch airstrikes into conflict-ridden Yemen. The airbase also gives the controller access for operations into the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and nearby East Africa.
Dump trucks and graders building a 6,070-foot runway on the island can be seen on satellite images from Planet Labs Inc as of April 11.
Military officials have said that the recent tension between Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the UAE was partly due to UAE demanding that the Yemeni government sign a 20-year lease for Mayun island.
The strategic location of the island also known as Perim island has been recognised internationally. The island was under British control until 1967 when they departed from Yemen.
Ass per a 1981 CIA analysis, the Soviet Union, allied with South Yemen’s Marxist government, upgraded Mayun’s naval facilities but used them intermittently.
Satellites at the beginning of this year identified new fissures near one of the world’s most active volcanoes, Erta Ale, in Ethiopia, also known as the “steaming mountain” and the “gate of hell.”
Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on February 26, 2017
Lava lake inside Ethiopia’s Etra Ale volcano reaches searing temperatures exceeding 1,100 degrees Celsius
New fissures opened up about 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the summit caldera, spilling large amounts of lava
At least one of the lava lakes has experienced large changes in the level of its lava
NASA satellite imagery has spotted new cracks opening up near Africa’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ – more officially known as the Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia.
Scientists think nearby tectonic activity is causing large amounts of lava to spill out of the large, flat shield volcano, which features two lava lakes that have been bubbling and burning for decades.
It’s one of the most spectacular sights in the natural world – not that you’d want to get too close, with lava temperatures inside these cauldrons reaching as high as 1,100 degrees Celsius (2,012 degrees Fahreneheit).
According to eyewitness reports, the lava lake levels have risen significantly over the past few weeks, producing “massive overflows” and “intense spattering” on top of the new fissures captured by NASA’s satellites on the southeastern flank of the volcano, 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) from the summit.
The picture above was captured by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) camera sat on board the Landsat 8 satellite: it combines natural colour and shortwave infrared light signals to identify smoke plumes as well as areas of increased temperature that would normally be invisible to the naked eye.
Where the infrared hot spots are marked in red on the image is where the overflowing lava channels are running.
These are the first flows beyond the volcano’s crater that have been seen in a decade, according to Gezahegn Yirgu from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.
While the nearby area is uninhabited, lava could could continue to flow towards the town of Afdera, Nazret.com reports, and so needs to be monitored.
The ‘Gateway to Hell’ and ‘Smoking Mountain’ nicknames locals use for Erta Vale are well deserved. Set 613 metres (2,011 feet) above sea level, it’s one of just five known volcanoes with molten lava lakes, and is the only one on record with two.
The site is part of the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, where three tectonic plates are sliding away from each other as Africa and Asia move apart. In terms of average temperatures across the year, it’s one of the hottest placeson the planet.
Shield volcanoes like this are typically large and broad, with gentle slopes. They’re primarily built around fluid lava flows, and are less explosive than traditional volcanoes because the chemical make-up of the basalt lava in them is less likely to get plugged up.
How much longer tectonic movement will cause disruptions to Erta Ale isn’t clear, but the most recent reports suggest some of the overflowing has now stopped – which means the bravest photographers and tourists can venture back.
Previous visitors include Portuguese travel photographer Joel Santos, who made a dramatic video of his trip.
“Erta Ale is probably the most overwhelming, unreal and mesmerising sight one could see in a lifetime,” he told MailOnline.
Hell is really really HOT – ወዮላችሁ! to The Enemies of ZION
Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on April 2, 2015
“For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.” [Deuteronomy 32:22]
The agents of the Saudi serpent – who just separated Muslims and shot the Christians dead at the Kenyan university– will soon be thrown into this pit of hell, the bottomless pit, unto Abyss along with every unsaved sinner. They call us “Abyssinia”, after all! By the way, will President Obama this afternoon give more attention to the ongoing genocide of Christians in the land of his father than to the shakmat games of the Mullahs of Iran and the Saudi Sheicks?
Ethiopia’s Erta Ale is the world’s oldest continuously active lava lake
The word Hell appears 54 times in the King James Bible, and in every place that it appears it says the same thing. Hell is a place of torment, trouble, and it is filled with an eternal burning that can never be quenched.
The prophet Isaiah tells us that in the Millennial Reign of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, there will actually be an open doorway in Jerusalem that will allow inhabitants of the Earth to see inside of Hell:
“And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.” [Isaiah 66:24]
So it is with great fascination that we present to you today the place that is called the Doorway To Hell on Earth, Erta Ale in Ethiopia.
Photographer Tupy, 35, says he feared his camera would melt from the overwhelming heat of the lava as he captured the daunting scenes of the 150-ft wide basalt volcano.
‘The view is simply staggering,’ said the 35-year-old. ‘Lava inside the volcano is constantly moving, bubbling and bursting.’ ‘The heat was immense, when I got to an edge of the crater, it was unbearable. After couple of seconds, my facial skin was so hot, I had to get away.
‘There was even a point where I was afraid my camera was going to melt.’
The lava lake was so intense, and so hot that the photographer could not take it for more than a few seconds up close. How much worse will the actual Hell be for those who find themselves there 30 seconds after they die?
“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: “ [Matthew 25:41]
Oh, I know death doesnt “scare you” now. Not now while you’re healthy, life is good and death seems so far off and remote. But as sure as the sun rises, your end will arrive, and so much sooner than you think. And as you step out into a Christ-less eternity and realize, too late, that your sins are still unpaid for, you WILL come face to face with the Jesus you think you don’t need now. And in THAT day, as you have rejected Him here, He will also reject you there. And you will burn beyond the end of forever, with no one to hear your cries.
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