From Popular Science.

In a remote area of the Siberian tundra, there’s a place that locals call ‘The Gateway to Hell.’ In the summer, its peaceful waterfall sounds are interrupted by the booms and crashes of falling earth.

And while it‘s not actually a portal to another dimension, the Batagay Crater (technically a "megaslump") is an unsettling mark of our changing world.

Read more about the crater here: https://www.popsci.com/science/batagaika-crater-gateway-to-hell/

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