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9 Of the Deepest Holes In The World
MSN.com ^ | 09 November 2014

Posted on 11/09/2014 2:44:51 PM PST by zeestephen

This ominous hole in Earth’s surface has been burning since 1971. Dubbed the Door to Hell, it sits above natural gas deposits in the Karakum Desert near Derweze, Turkmenistan. The hole is 230 feet wide and 66 feet deep and has been boiling continuously since Soviet geologists first ignited it while drilling for gas.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 1971; derweze; doortohell; gatesofhell; karakumdesert; methane; russia; turkmenistan
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1 posted on 11/09/2014 2:44:51 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Not as deep as the hole the Democrats are in!

http://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/switzerland_donkey.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1


2 posted on 11/09/2014 2:45:46 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: zeestephen

Which one did Obama and the Democrats fall in to?


3 posted on 11/09/2014 2:46:13 PM PST by MAD-AS-HELL (There was a revultion brewing but it turned out to be piss water.)
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To: zeestephen; Slings and Arrows; GeronL

well well well well well well well well well!


4 posted on 11/09/2014 2:49:42 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: zeestephen

5 posted on 11/09/2014 2:50:10 PM PST by humblegunner (Why hello, Captain Trips.)
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To: zeestephen

So kewel.

I wanna visit and roast some marshmallows. ..


6 posted on 11/09/2014 2:50:15 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: humblegunner

Bad boy!!!

LOL


7 posted on 11/09/2014 2:50:52 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: zeestephen

Beautiful! Is it a carbon credit or debit? It’s all so confusing.


8 posted on 11/09/2014 2:51:02 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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9 posted on 11/09/2014 2:52:33 PM PST by EEGator
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To: zeestephen

Guess they didn’t want to cover Congress.


10 posted on 11/09/2014 2:52:53 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Our fertitlity is not a disease that needs to be medicated."- Lila Rose)
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To: zeestephen

Saw a really need documentary recently on that burning hole in the ground. The put a line over it and dropped a guy in it to take readings.


11 posted on 11/09/2014 2:54:19 PM PST by NELSON111
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To: zeestephen

The Thornton Quarry belongs on that list.


12 posted on 11/09/2014 2:55:56 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Politicalkiddo

Washington D.C is a bottomless pit.


13 posted on 11/09/2014 2:58:17 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: humblegunner

I had to look through source codes to find out who this was.

You are correct!


14 posted on 11/09/2014 2:58:26 PM PST by Randy Larsen (Aim small, Miss small.)
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To: TBP
Not as deep as the hole the Democrats are in!


15 posted on 11/09/2014 2:59:16 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: zeestephen

What about Mel’s hole from the Art Bell days? You could drop a cow into it and not hear a splash.


16 posted on 11/09/2014 3:00:25 PM PST by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: Albion Wilde

And that picture was posted on November 4 and ran in the print edition November 5. PERFECT timing!!!


17 posted on 11/09/2014 3:00:30 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: EEGator

Thought that was Whoopy.


18 posted on 11/09/2014 3:00:51 PM PST by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: zeestephen

My ex isn’t in the Top 9?? Color me shocked.


19 posted on 11/09/2014 3:02:54 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: zeestephen

There’s a pretty deep hole in the White House.


20 posted on 11/09/2014 3:03:38 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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