Discover the mesmerizing "Door to Hell" in Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert, a fiery pit burning for over 50 years.

Turkmenistan said on Friday it will capture the gas fuelling its "Gateway to Hell", putting the man-made fire pit at risk of closure as the reclusive state seeks to reduce its greenhouse emissions.

STRINGER/AFP/AFP People go to the "Gateway to Hell" gas crater in the middle of the Turkmenistan desert expecting an angry cauldron but are now coming away unimpressed. Once a giant uncontrollable pit ...

The 'Gateway to Hell' was once a pit of blazing red flames and glowing red embers in the middle of the Turkmen desert - Copyright AFP Idriss BIGOU-GILLES The 'Gateway ...