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Door to Hell: The Burning Crater of Darvaza
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Decades ago, geologists were drilling for gas when they hit an underground cavern filled with gas. The drilling rig and camp collapsed into the cave and ignited the gas, which has been burning ever since.

Antonov AN-124 "Ruslan"
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165 Fighters storage at Kizyl Arvat Air Force Base
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Pipeline over Water
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Presidential Türkmenbaşı Palace
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Trans-Caspian Railway crossing the Amu Darya River
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Military airplane landing at Ashgabat Airport (ASB / UTAA)
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Airplanes at Daşoguz Airport (UTAT)

Fighters at Nebit Dag Air Force Base

Hot blueberries cream (Burning lake of oil)
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Ashkhabad Olympic Stadium

Musical Drama Theather

Rukhiyet Palace

Lot of fighters storage at Ashkhabad Bezmein Air Force Base

Köpetdag Stadium

Arch of neutrality
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Atop the monument is a gold-plated statue of Niyazov which rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours so as to always face the sun!

Türkmenbaşy Airport (UTAK)

Independence Tower
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Nisa (ancient city)
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RSDN-20 Russian navaid transmitter site
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Cheleken East Airport

World's largest indoor ferris wheel
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This building contains the world's largest indoor ferris wheel. It opened to the public on May 18, 2012. The ferris wheel is named "Alem", which means "The Universe". It features 24 six-seat cabins.
According to the current wikipedia article, the height of the ferris wheel is in dispute, with reports of 47 meters (154 ft), 47.6 m (156 ft), and 57 m (187 ft). Even the Guinness World Record web page confuses the situation by claiming a height of 47.6 m and a diameter of 57 m.
The building also contains a bowling alley, movie theater, a restaurant, and a planetarium.

Huge market
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Mary North Air Base
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Darvaza gas crater aka "Door to Hell"
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Former gas field becoming a burning gas crater since it collapsed in 1971.

Mountain writing
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National Museum of Turkmenistan
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Nisa-Çandybil Stadium

World of Turkmenbashi Tales
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World of Turkmenbashi Tales is a theme park designed by Turkmen architects as a national version of Disneyland. It is based on Turkmen folk art and fairy tales, occupies 100 acres (0.40 km2) and consists of 80 attractions.

National Press Building
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Ak Altyn Hotel
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The Ak Altyn Hotel houses the embassy of Germany in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Turkmenabat Airport (CRZ)

Balkanabat Stadium

Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque
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Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque or Gypjak Mosque (Turkmen: Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Metjidi) is a mosque in the village of Gypjak about 7 kilometres west of the centre of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on the M37 highway.
The mosque was constructed by the French company Bouygues, was built in the late Saparmurat Niyazov's home town. It opened on October 22, 2004 and was built by Niyazov with a tomb in preparation for his death. He was laid to rest in the tomb on December 24, 2006.

Great Mosque of Almaty
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Azadi Mosque
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Ertogrul Gazi Mosque on Azadi str. is a mosque located just south of Magtymguly şayoli,in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It was one of the first mosques built after the independence of Turkmenistan in the early 1990s and like several other mosques in the country resembles that of the Blue Mosque in İstanbul.

Gutluk Timer Minaret
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A UNESCO World Heritage site

Daşoguz Stadium

Yyldyz Hotel (tallest building in Turkmenistan)
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Türkmenbaşy Stadium

Türkmenabat Stadium

Ahal Stadium

1948 Ashgabat earthquake epicenter
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10/5/1948. 10000-110000 casualties. Most powerful earthquake to impact Turkmenistan.

Yangadzha Air Base

Kerki Airport (UT51)

Tomb of Ahmed Sanjar

Radar-EW site
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Türkmenbaşy SAM site
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Mary Stadium

Aýrybaba
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Aýrybaba is the highest mountain of Turkmenistan.

SAM site
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SA-5
TER: 1 x 5N62 SQUARE PAIR
TAR: 1 x P-14 TALL KING
Launcher: 6 x 5P72 single-rail fixed
Support: 7 x SA-5 TETs, multiple reloads
From Sean Conner.

SAM SA3 site
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Ogurja Ada (largest island in Turkmenistan)
Longest island in the Caspian Sea

Pitnyak Airport (UT1E)

Radar site
2 Bar Lock radars

Saraghs Southeast Airport (UT50)

Ancient Merv
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The State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” in modern Turkmenistan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, being listed in 1999. It is the most completely preserved and oldest oasis city along the Silk Road of Central Asia.
Before it was sacked by Ögedei Khagan the third son of Genghis Khan in AD1221 it was one of the world’s biggest cities and one of the Muslim world’s most sophisticated and wealthiest cities. It is estimated that the Mongol army massacred the entire population of c700,000 save for 400 craftsmen who were spared. Merv never recovered from this disaster.
Within the park several monuments are still visible from the last two millennia and the vast oasis contains remains from over 4,000 years of human history.

Ashgabat Olympic Village
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The Olympic Village in the southwest Ashgabat is a large sporting complex which created to host the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Games.
The Olympic Stadium located in the complex which was designed in accordance with the FIFA and IAAF standard.
Other facilities within the Olympic Village include a 4,000-seat tennis court, a 5,000-seat water sports building, a 6,000-seat indoor velodrome, a media centre and accommodation for competitors and spectators.

State Shopping Centre Gulistan
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The State Shopping Centre Gulistan also known as the Russian Bazaar is in the centre of the Turkmenistan capital, Ashgabat and is one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the Country.
The centre was originally constructed to the design of the Russian architect Vladimir Visotin between 1972 and 1982 as part of the Ashgabat Reconstruction Program.
The bazar was refurbished by Ekol a Turkish company in 2001 when shops, food stalls and other retail outlets were modernised, and the building covered in white marble.

Oguzhan Presidential Palace
Oguzhan Presidential Palace (Turkmen: Oguz han köşgi, Огуз хан көшги) located on Independence Square in the capital city of Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Turkmenistan.
Oguzhan Palace has been the home and presidential headquarter of the president of Turkmenistan since the late 1990s when it replaced the smaller Türkmenbaşy Palace which is located nearby.
The Presidential Palace contained within a larger complex which also contains the Prezident Köşgi (Presidential Palace).

Darvaza Gas Crater
The Door to Hell also known as the Gate of Hell is a manmade crater which is burning off the methane gas which is escaping form the reservoir below the surface. It is 169 miles (167.5 km) north of the Turkmenistan capital of Ashgabat close to the small village of Derweze in the Karakum Desert.
The crater is not a natural feature of the landscape, but its origins are unclear although it is widely believed to have been the result of an accident in 1971 when Soviet geologists prospecting in the area for natural gas caused the cap of the gas reservoir to collapse.
The collapse allowed poisonous methane gas to escape which could have resulted in an environmental disaster and to prevent this from happening the geologists set the gas alight and the gas has been burning ever since. The burning gas generates an orange glow in the desert during the hours of darkness.
In January 2022 it was reported that the President of Turkmenistan had order the fire be extinguished to prevent the squandering of a valuable natural resource.

Large number of stored MiGs
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Ashgabat Cable Car Lower Station
The Lower Station of the Ashgabat Cable Way is in the southern outskirts of the Turkmenistan capital, Ashgabat at an elevation of 1,270 metres.
Each of the 16 cars or gondolas on the Cable Way can accommodate 8 passengers and offers them impressive views of the mountains above and of the city of Ashgabat below.
The Cable Way was constructed by the French company Bouygues S.A with work starting in 2005. The President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov opened the service on 18 October 2006.

Fossilised Human & Dinosaur Footprints
Fossilised Human & Dinosaur Prints are on a limestone plateau close to the Turkmenistan village of Khodga-Pil in the extreme southeast of the country.
The proximity of these footprint run contrary to traditional evolutionary theory where the dinosaurs became extinct long before humans appeared on earth.
The Kughitan-Tau Plateau dates is estimated to be at least 200 million years old and at the time the dinosaurs made their three-toed footprints would have been an ancient seashore.

Ashgabat Cable Car Top Station
The Top Station of the Ashgabat Cable Way is in the foothills of the Kopetdag Mountain range, at 4,170 metres asl and 4km (2.5 miles) southwest of the Turkmenistan capital, Ashgabat.
Each of the 16 cars or gondolas on the Cable Way can accommodate 8 passengers.The gondalas offer passengers impressive views of the mountains above and of the city of Ashgabat below.
The Cable Way was constructed by the French company Bouygues S.A with work starting in 2005. The President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov opened the service on 18 October 2006.

Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex
This memorial complex was opened by the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, approximately on 6th October 2014, Memorial Day.
The complex has been designed to honour those who died in the Ashgabat Earthquake in 1948, the battel near Goek Depe and to honour victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
Monuments in the complex include Bakry sohrat (Eternal Glory), Milletin orgullary (Sons of the Nation) and Ruhy Tagzym (dedicated to the victims of Ashgabat Earthquake in 1948.
The complex also houses a museum “Watan mukaddesligi” (The sanctity of the homeland).
The complex has a large paved square but also has lawns, flowerbeds, fountains, benches and decorative lamps.

Mary International Airport
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IATA: MYP, ICAO: UTAM

Turkmenabat International Airport
IATA: CRZ, ICAO: UTAV

Dzhebel Air Base
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The Yyldz Hotel
The Yyldz Hotel is a luxury hotel in the city centre of the Turkmenistan capital, Ashgabat.
All the rooms offer air conditioning, a mini-bar and refrigerator. Services at the hotel include free high-speed internet (Wi-Fi), fitness centre with Gym and Workout Room, Pool, Tennis Court and Sa Yldy Restoran.
The author of ‘The Stans By’, Ged Gillmore dines at Sa Yyldy Restoran, at the Yydyz Hotel, with Karin one of his fellow travellers.
Sa Yyldy Restoran is on the 18th floor of the Hotel and it is claimed to be the most expensive restaurant in Turkmenistan. Ged however finds the panoramic view disappointing as it overlooks a part of the city that is barely lit at night.
The menu at Sa Yyldy Restoran on the night on which Ged and Karin visit includes exotic choices including bear, emu and crocodile.
Source: ‘Stans By Me’ by Ged Gillmore (ISBN: 9780648189039)

Ashgabat aircraft static display

Balkanabat Airport
IATA: BKN

Gokdepe Airport

Garabogaz (Bekdash) Airport

Kyzyl-Su lighthouse

Yarajy Airport (AG16062)

Kala-I-Mor Airport
ICAO: TM-UT58

Gaurdak Airport

Kizyl Atrek Northwest Airport

Kara-Ada lighthouse

Tejen Airport

Gyaurs Airfield

Turkmenistani SU-17s and MiG-23s
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A lineup of Soviet-built SU-17s and MiG-23s of the Turkmenistani Air Force, in storage and waiting to be stripped for parts.

Sarygamysh Lake (largest lake in Turkmenistan)
The Sarygamysh Lake, AKA Sarykamysh or Sary-Kamysh (Turkmen: Sarygamyş köli, Uzbek: Sariqamish ko‘li, Karakalpak: Sarıqamıs kóli, Russian: Сарыкамы́шское озеро), is a lake in Central Asia, about halfway between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. It's the largest lake in Turkmenistan, in which 3/4 of the lake's area is located. The Sarykamysh basin and the Sarykamysh delta of the Amu Darya river are physical and geographical nature regions of the Dashoguz Region of the nation.