Aralkum Desert

Karakalpakstan · Uzbekistan

Aralkum Desert, Uzbekistan
Photo: NASA, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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April to June and September to October
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A new desert formed on the exposed bed of the shrunken Aral Sea, its salt-crusted flats scattered with stranded ships. The stark landscape is a monument to environmental change.

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