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The Aral Sea and Vozrozhdeniye Island

Satellite image of Voz Island (1970)

Aerial photo of the Aral Sea (1985)

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Vozrozhdeniye Island Biological Test Facility, Uzbekistan

Vozrozhdeniye Island Biological Test Facility, Uzbekistan

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Aral Sea – 1977 to 1995

November 1999

1977

1995

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Aral Sea – November 2000

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Aral Sea – December 2001

Land Bridge

Aral Sea

Vozrozhdeniye Island

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Aral Sea as Public Health Calamity

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Devastating Regional Economic Consequences

Former coastal fishing village and marooned fishing vessels in

Kyzylorda Oblast, Kazakhstan

Agricultural opportunities crippled by environmental conditions

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Important Unanswered Questions

Amu Darya, 200 km above its mouth at the Aral Sea

Boys drawing untreated water in Khiva