The Shrinking Aral Sea Recovers

Though the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking over the past decade, this true-color image from August 2010 shows slight growth in the southern sea as water flowed into it from the Amu Darya for the first time since 2008.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data obtained from the Goddard Level 1 and Atmospheric Archive and Distribution System (LAADS).Caption by Holli Riebeek with information from Philip Micklin, Western Michigan University, and Mark Lindeman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service.

Published October 30, 2010
Data acquired August 26, 2010

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Terra > MODIS