Map of the Aral Sea in 1850?  This map was downloaded from the web-site of the Library of the University of California, Berkeley. If you want to see the bigger image go to their site at http://library.berkeley.edu/EART/maps/aral.html. Do not forget about the copyright! |
Space image of the Aral taken on September 26, 1999  This image was downloaded from the web-site of Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory at the Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Look at that plov!  Plov is the most popular dish in Central Asia. You can also see samsa and other tasty stuff. This table is for two persons... |
Ready for a party?  Note the woman wearing beautiful Karakalpak national clothes! Karakalpaks sit on the floor covered by carpet and mats called "korpeshe". |
Toprak-Kala  There are many ancient cities in the territory of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm. You are looking at one of them. This city is dated II BC. |
Uchsay  It is a fishermen settlement. Many young people are leaving the settlement since they do not have jobs there anymore, but elderly people prefer to stay. You are not going to beleive it, but the Aral Sea used to reach this settlement. |
Aral  The Aral Sea used to reach this place... This picture was taken in Muynak - former port at the Sea. |
Aral  This picture is taken from western side of the Aral Sea. Is not it beautiful? |
Aral  You can see how the Sea is disappearing... |
Boat  Ramil is on one of the rusting boats. |
Boat  Where are we heading? The view from the captain's bridge. |
Boat  Here I am taking my picture with the rusting boat like a tourist... |
Boat  The rusting boat Karakalpakia. The Dutch crew was making a film about the Aral and they painted the ship. If you go on the other side you will see the real name of the ship... |
Flounder  It is hard to see, but I am holding a flounder. Flounders and bullheads are the only fish left in the Aral Sea. Salinity of the Sea in this place was 45 g/l in May 1996. |
Flounders  Here is my brother Marat holding flounders. Do not think that we killed them, they were lying dead on the edge... |
Old guy  This old guy approached us at "Ships graveyard" in Muynak. He witnessed the fate of the Sea. |
This map was downloaded from the web-site of the Library of the University of California, Berkeley. If you want to see the bigger image go to their site at http://library.berkeley.edu/EART/maps/aral.html. Do not forget about the copyright!
This image was downloaded from the web-site of Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory at the Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences.
Plov is the most popular dish in Central Asia. You can also see samsa and other tasty stuff. This table is for two persons...
Note the woman wearing beautiful Karakalpak national clothes! Karakalpaks sit on the floor covered by carpet and mats called "korpeshe".
There are many ancient cities in the territory of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm. You are looking at one of them. This city is dated II BC.
It is a fishermen settlement. Many young people are leaving the settlement since they do not have jobs there anymore, but elderly people prefer to stay. You are not going to beleive it, but the Aral Sea used to reach this settlement.
The Aral Sea used to reach this place... This picture was taken in Muynak - former port at the Sea.
This picture is taken from western side of the Aral Sea. Is not it beautiful? 
You can see how the Sea is disappearing...
Ramil is on one of the rusting boats. 
Where are we heading? The view from the captain's bridge.
Here I am taking my picture with the rusting boat like a tourist...
The rusting boat Karakalpakia. The Dutch crew was making a film about the Aral and they painted the ship. If you go on the other side you will see the real name of the ship...
It is hard to see, but I am holding a flounder. Flounders and bullheads are the only fish left in the Aral Sea. Salinity of the Sea in this place was 45 g/l in May 1996. 
Here is my brother Marat holding flounders. Do not think that we killed them, they were lying dead on the edge... 
This old guy approached us at "Ships graveyard" in Muynak. He witnessed the fate of the Sea.
