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The Aral Sea Loses Its Eastern Lobe

Once part of the fourth-largest lake in the world, the eastern lobe of the southern Aral has dried up for the first time in modern history.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS). Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published September 26, 2014
Data acquired August 19, 2014

Source:
Terra > MODIS