Pluto's 'Gate to Hell' uncovered in Turkey

www.iTech Post.com ^ | April , 2013 | Pierre Dumont

[Beowulf9]

Italian archaeologists have uncovered Pluto's Gate, the so-called "gate to hell," in southwestern Turkey.

In Greco-Roman mythology the cave was considered the portal to the underworld. It was found in the ancient ruins of Hierapolis, now called Pamukkale, and was described by Cicero and the Greek geographer Strabo in their writings. According to Strabo, the opening was filled with deadly vapors.

"This space is full of vapor so misty and dense that one can scarcely see the ground. Any animal that passes inside meets instant death," Strabo wrote. "I threw in sparrows and they immediately breathed their last and fell...

[Beowulf9]

[mbarker12474]

Neat.

I am reminded of other places where Carbon Monoxide (???) or some such deadly gas seeps up out of the ground, and kills animals which wander nearby.

[NYer]

According to D'Andria, Pluto's Gate was a sort of tourist attraction, where pilgrims tested the cave's deadly emissions with small birds, while priests sacrificed bulls to Pluto. Animals were led into the cave, then brought out dead. Pilgrims slept near the cave after taking water from the pool and received visions and prophecies.

I hope they gated off their hellish discovery. One curious child and ... lawsuit!

[JRandomFreeper]

I am reminded of other places where Carbon Monoxide (???) or some such deadly gas seeps up

Sorry. It was the burrito.

/johnny

[faithhopecharity]

The cave goes down to a source in Washington DC

[stayathomemom]

I remember reading an article in Smithsonian about a lake in Africa which, you might say, “burped” and the released gases killed a lot of people and animals. I don’t remember any details but surely an Internet search could bring up more info.

[Tax-chick]

"We could see the cave's lethal properties during the excavation," he said. "Several birds died as they tried to get close to the warm opening, instantly killed by the carbon dioxide fumes."

Not carbon dioxide! (Do birds die if people exhale on them?)

[a fool in paradise]

I want to see a picture of the road leading to it. How have the good intentions weathered?

[Oberon]

Not carbon dioxide! (Do birds die if people exhale on them?)

Get yourself surrounded by pure carbon dioxide, and you will asphyxiate PDQ.

(What we breathe out is only a percent or two richer in carbon dioxide that what we breathed in.)

[a fool in paradise]

while priests sacrificed bulls to Pluto

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Up in Mammoth Lakes, California. A minor earthquake opened a fissure that let out CO2 that killed about ten acres of trees.

[editor-surveyor]

Looks lik my inlaw’s place...

[Tax-chick]

Oh, thanks. (My children’s success in science competition is not related to anything I know.)

[Rio]

Wait a minute... trees inhale CO2.

[editor-surveyor]

They have had groups camping near Mammoth Lakes die from the high CO2 concentration from volcanic vents.

Very active area; the ground there is rising constantly.

[editor-surveyor]

Not 100% CO2! too acidic.

[Hardraade]

The gate to Hell is in a muslim country? Of course...

[Colorado Doug]

Sorry. It was the burrito.

Now that was funny. Thank you for the laugh

[The Sons of Liberty]

Pluto's 'Gate to Hell' uncovered in Turkey

Hussein's REAL BC must list Turkey

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

A few years back I believe it was three ski patrol officers were killed on Mammoth Mountain. One fell through the snow into a void that had formed filled with CO2 and the other two were killed trying to rescue him.

Very few people realize that the entire valley containing Mammoth Lakes and extending all the way across 395 to Crowley Lake is one giant caldera, and Mammoth Mountain is just one lava and cinder dome. When you drive down the Owens Valley, you pass through vast lava fields and a number of cinder domes,