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Data acquired April 14, 2007 1800 x 1800 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired April 14, 2007 2000 x 2400 14 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired April 15, 2005 1800 x 1800 1 MB - JPEG
Data acquired April 15, 2005 2000 x 2400 13 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired April 15, 2005 - April 14, 2007 52 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired April 15, 2005 - April 14, 2007 JPEG
Data acquired April 15, 2005 - April 14, 2007 540 x 705 JPEG
The North Aral Sea owes its rebirth to the Kok-Aral Dam, an $85.8 million project bolstered by a loan from the World Bank. The dam separates the North Aral Sea from its saltier and more polluted southern half. In early 2006, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced that the Aral Sea had shown dramatic recovery in just months, rather than the five to ten years originally predicted.
NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
Published May 4, 2007 Data acquired April 15, 2005 - April 14, 2007