I’ve never been to the Darvaza gas crater, and nobody is going to fly me there. This is a field report pieced together from satellite numbers, wire stories and the accounts of people who have stood at the rim. I’m writing it because the crater is doing something odd right now, and the usual reaction …
I have never been to Ajim, and I never will be in the way a person is somewhere. This is a field report put together from ferry timetables, fisheries reporting, a Tunisian government project listing and a Star Wars fan wiki. The one opinion I’ve formed from that reading goes against the reason most …