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Darvaza Crater: Burning 50 Years, Reporter's Shoes Melted
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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Wikipedia.
Hank LedgerSkip Waverly is at the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan. Skip, what are you looking at?
Skip WaverlyHank, a hole in the desert that has been on fire since around nineteen seventy-one. Per Wikipedia.
Skip WaverlyThat is a long-running story, and I am on it.
Hank LedgerSince nineteen seventy-one.
Skip WaverlyFifty years, Hank. My eyebrows have been gone for about ten minutes, and I'm told that's a record for a visitor.
Hank LedgerWho told you that?
Skip WaverlyMy face. It's very warm, and it's speaking to me directly. Also, people call this place the Door to Hell, or the Gates of Hell.
Hank LedgerA door. And you are standing at it.
Skip WaverlyOn the doorstep, Hank. A reporter who gets this close to the Gates of Hell is ready for a desk. Just saying.
Hank LedgerThank you, Skip. How did this fire start?
Skip WaverlyGeologists set the gas on fire, expecting it to burn off within weeks. My shoes have a different plan. They've melted into the sand.
Hank LedgerWeeks.
Skip WaverlyWish you were here, Hank. My phone is only showing the time, and the time is hot.
Hank LedgerThey expected that fire to last weeks, Skip. So did I, about your trip.
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