In 1971, engineers from the Soviet Union ignited a fire in a gas-filled hole in the Turkmenistan desert. Anticipating that the flames would extinguish within days, they were surprised when the fire continued to burn. Now, 52 years later, this site, known as “The Door to Hell,” is still ablaze.
The eyes of an electrician after being zapped by 14,000 volts of electricity.
His shoulder touched a live wire and the current passed through his entire body, including the optic nerve, which connects the eye to the brain.
The effect was two bizarre star-shaped electrical burns in his eyes, according to The New England Journal of Medicine.