FIELD TRIP TO THE ARAL SEAFIELD TRIP TO THE ARAL SEASeptember 2007September 2007

Northern hills at Butakov Bay (Small Aral)

Philip is measuring wind velocity

View to Butakov Bay

Three picks of Butakov Bay cliff

Ustjurt plateau cliff at Chernyshov Bay (Large Aral, Western depression)

Dried bottom of Chernyshov Bay

Remnants of a basement of the Artemia center

Brocken truck of the Artemia center

Brocken pier of the Artemia center

Stone rich with fossils

Shrinking Chernyshov Bay

View from the hill to the isolated Tschebas Bay (Large Aral)

Northern cliff of Shevchenko Bay (Small Aral)

Northern cliff of Shevchenko Bay

Concretion the rock from cliff

View to the cliff

Flooding in Shevchenko Bay due to damming

Akespe village

Akespe village

Sandy dunes at Akespe village

Sandy dunes at Akespe village

View to the Western tip of Butakov Bay (Small Aral)

Swans and other aquatic birds on Butakov Bay

Former military barge for fuel

Former military road to the pier

Flooding in the Small Aral near Tastubek village due to damming

Shore of Bolshoy Sarycheganak Bay (Small Aral)

Halophyle plants on former Aral Sea bottom

Philip is taking GPS coordinates

Philip is cleaning feet after sinking in mud

Birlestik. Cemetry of boats

Disassembling of a boat for recycling

Disassembling of a boat for recycling

The largest boat in the ship cemetery in Birlestik

New mosque in Bugun village

Aklak spillway under construction

Three main gates of Aklak spillway

Bridge of boats across Syrdarya

Dried Large Aral Sea bottom

Entrance to Barsakelmes wildlife reserve on the former Aral Sea bottom

Mirage of the Eastern Large Aral Sea

Cemetery on the former Barsakelmes island

Local rangers

View to the spillway from the Small Aral Sea

View to the spillway from the Large Aral Sea

Remnants of the Large Aral Sea. Water came from spillway in spring 2007

Philip is measuring salinity

Lower reach of Syr Darya River

Kamyslybas Lake

Map of Aklak hydraulic structure

Hydraulic structures:

constructed and under construction