2009年11月5日星期四

不可思议收集区-自然奇观篇

探秘神奇的“地獄之門” The Door to Hell "DARVAZ"
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在烏克蘭南部有一處非常神秘的地方,當地人稱該地為“地獄之門”,實際上是一個已經燃燒了35年的地下洞穴。
“地獄之門”位於烏克蘭南部小鎮達瓦茲(Darvaz)附近。關於這一神秘地穴的故事,已經流傳了35年之久。據報導,35年前,一支鑽探隊和地理科學家在該地區考察鑽探天然氣資源。正當他們在進行鑽探的時候,他們突然發現了一個就在他們腳下的巨大的地下洞穴。突然之間,該鑽探隊的所有鑽探設備以及臨時營地都掉進了這個“神秘地穴”。

當時沒有人敢接近洞口進行具體的調查,因為這個洞穴中充滿了天然氣,隨時都有燃燒爆炸的可能,另外科學家也擔心地穴中的毒性氣體。

為了防止毒氣從洞中逸出,無奈之下的鑽探隊員點燃了洞口的氣體,就是從這時起,該洞口的火焰已經持續了整整35年,從未間斷。這麼多年來,人們無法知道在這裏有多少噸上好的天然氣被燃燒掉,洞中的儲氣量,看起來似乎是無窮無盡。

This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas. So they ignited it so that no poisonous gas could come out of the hole, and since then, it’s burning, already for 35 years without any pause. Nobody knows how many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years but it just seems to be infinite there.

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Video - The Door To Hell

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