Iqula laseDarvaza, elikwabizwa ngokuba yi "Door to Hell", likwintlango yaseKarakum, eTurkmenistan. Indawo ekufutshane kakhulu nelali encinci yaseDarvaza, apho livela khona igama layo. Esona sizathu sobukho bayo kukuba yinto endala yegesi. Intlango, ehlala i-350.000km ^ 2, Oko kukuthi, i-70% yolwandiso lwelizwe. Kwiisanti ezingenakuhlala, apho "iKarakum" ithetha "iisanti ezimnyama, yenye yezona ntlango zinkulu ezikhoyo. Umdla wayo ophambili ebantwini uvela kwinto yokuba ityebile kakhulu kwigesi nakwioyile.
Ubungakanani bequla laseDarvaza ziimitha ezingama-69 ububanzi kunye neemitha ezingama-30 ubunzulu. Iqondo lobushushu ngaphakathi ngaphakathi lihlala lijikeleza malunga nama-400 degrees celcius. Kwaye kuye kwaba ngumtsalane omkhulu wabakhenkethi, kwaye amaxwebhu sele enziwe ngawo. Ibali lakhe? Indalo esingqongileyo, kunye nendalo yoluntu.
Ibali elinomdla ngequla laseDarvaza
Ngaphakathi kweSango eliya esihogweni
Sibuyele umva ngo-1971. Izazi ngokuma komhlaba zeSoviet zazikhangela irhasi eninzi efumaneka kwintlango yeKarakum. Ukumba iindawo zegesi yendalo, amaRussia abukele njengoko konke ukumbiwa kwawo kwakuthathwa ngumhlaba. Oko kukuthi, zonke izixhobo zabo zexabiso zaziginywe yicrater enkulu. Into ababeyifumene ngokwenene yayingumqolomba omkhulu ongaphantsi komhlaba ogcwele irhasi yendalo. Kodwa kukho into eyenzekileyo, zininzi iigesi eziyityhefu ezivela emazantsi.
Ukoyikela ukuba le mpendulo inokuba neziphumo ezibi, iqela ligqibe kwelokuba liyitshise. Yayingumbono omkhulu lowo. Bebona ukuba mhlawumbi kwiintsuku ezi-3 okanye ezi-4 umlilo uyakucima, balinda iiveki. Bancama, ibingumbono ongcono lowo. Ukuba akunjalo, babesele belinde iminyaka engama-46! Izakuphuma nini? Azisekho ukubheja, akukho mntu waziyo. Kubekho iinzame ezingaphumelelanga zokuhlawulela umlilo. Ngeli xesha, iqula laseDarvaza liza kuqhubeka nokutshisa irhasi inganqandeki.