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650,000-year-old 'gateway to the underworld' discovered in Siberia
European scientists have just proven that Batagay Crater, a natural structure called by the people of Siberia (Russia),
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'Hell's Gate' in Russia gets bigger every year
The 990 m wide Batagay crater in the Far East is continuously expanding, with the volume of frozen ground melting each year reaching up to one million cubic meters.