The Gates of Hell

We set our thermostats down in the winter because we don’t want to waste gas. Meanwhile, a big hole in the ground in Turkmenistan has been burning natural gas for over 40 years, just to get rid of it.  

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Its officially  called the Darvasa Gas Crater but everyone calls it the Gates of Hell. Dylan from Atlas Obscura tells the tale.


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Yeah because lead is obviously lighter than this microlattice. /s

"Oh, your 300mph supercar isn't so fast, don't you know the earth is flying through space at 67,000mph?"

But alright, you are a very clever boy for pointing out the irrelevant-obvious.
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A more interesting question/comment about this is its strength. Aerogels are quite strong, and have a number of other outstanding properties such as their utility as an insulator. It looks like this material (or "structure", since it seems to me more akin to miniaturized scaffolding) has a completely different set of pros and cons than aerogel so it greatly increases our palette of options when it comes to ultralite construction -- quite useful for aerospace and many other industries...
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