Tsime reDarvaza, iro rinozivikanwawo se "Gedhi reGehena," iri muKarakum Desert, Turkmenistan. Iyo nzvimbo iri padyo padyo nemusha mudiki weDarvaza, uko kunobva zita rayo. Chikonzero chikuru chekuvapo kwayo ndechekuti iro rekare gasi tarisiro. Iyo gwenga, iro rinotora huwandu hwe350.000km ^ 2, ndiko kuti, 70% yekuwedzera kwenyika. Pakati pejecha risinganakidze, uko "Karakum" zvinoreva "jecha dema, ndiyo imwe yemarenje makuru aripo. Kufarira kwaro kukuru kwevanhu kunobva pachinhu chekuti rakapfuma kwazvo mune gasi nemafuta.
Izvo zviyero zvetsime reDarvaza zviri 69 metres dhayamita uye makumi matatu emamita kudzika. Iyo tembiricha mukati inowanzo svetuka yakatenderedza 30 degrees Celsius. Uye chave kukwezva kukuru kwevashanyi, uye zvinyorwa zvakatoitwa nezvazvo. Nyaya yake? Nharaunda yakasikwa, uye nharaunda yevanhu.
Iyo inonakidza nyaya yetsime reDarvaza
Tinodzokera kumashure muna1971. Soviet geologists vaive vachitarisira kune yakawanda gasi inowanikwa muKarakum desert. Vanochera minda yegasi rechisikigo, maRussia akatarisa sekuchera kwavo kwese kwakatorwa nepasi. Kureva, midziyo yavo yese yakakosha yakamedzwa ne crater hombe. Chavaive vanyatsoona raive bako hombe repasi rakazara negasi rechisikigo. Asi chimwe chinhu chakaitika, yakawanda magasi ane chepfu anobva pasi.
Kutya kuti izvi zvinokanganisa, timu yakafunga kuipisa. Iyo yaive pfungwa huru. Vakanzwa kuti pamwe mumazuva matatu kana mana moto uchadzima, vakamirira vhiki. Vakasiya, iyo yaive pfungwa iri nani. Kana zvisina kudaro, vanga vatomirira 3 makore! Ichabuda riinhi? Hakuchina kubhejera zvekare, hapana anoziva. Pakave nekukundikana kuyedza kubhadhara iyo moto. Zvichakadaro, tsime reDarvaza richaramba richipisa gasi risingadzorwe.