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Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS)
| Title |
Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS) |
| Abstract |
The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all, but an immense fresh water lake. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared because much of the river flow feeding the lake was diverted to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. Concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water, leading to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology and precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit the now exposed lake bed soil. This has contributed to a significant reduction in breathable air quality, and crop yields have been appreciably affected due to heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. This series of Landsat images taken in 1973, 1987 and 2000 show the profound reduction in overall area at the north end of the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2005-02-15 |
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Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS)
| Title |
Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS) |
| Abstract |
The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all, but an immense fresh water lake. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared because much of the river flow feeding the lake was diverted to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. Concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water, leading to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology and precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit the now exposed lake bed soil. This has contributed to a significant reduction in breathable air quality, and crop yields have been appreciably affected due to heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. This series of Landsat images taken in 1973, 1987 and 2000 show the profound reduction in overall area at the north end of the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2005-02-15 |
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Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS)
| Title |
Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS) |
| Abstract |
The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all, but an immense fresh water lake. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared because much of the river flow feeding the lake was diverted to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. Concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water, leading to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology and precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit the now exposed lake bed soil. This has contributed to a significant reduction in breathable air quality, and crop yields have been appreciably affected due to heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. This series of Landsat images taken in 1973, 1987 and 2000 show the profound reduction in overall area at the north end of the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2005-02-15 |
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Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS)
| Title |
Aral Sea Evaporation (WMS) |
| Abstract |
The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all, but an immense fresh water lake. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared because much of the river flow feeding the lake was diverted to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. Concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water, leading to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology and precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit the now exposed lake bed soil. This has contributed to a significant reduction in breathable air quality, and crop yields have been appreciably affected due to heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. This series of Landsat images taken in 1973, 1987 and 2000 show the profound reduction in overall area at the north end of the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2005-02-15 |
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Dramatic Evaporation of the
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| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea (with dates) |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
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Dramatic Evaporation of the
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| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea (with dates) |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
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Dramatic Evaporation of the
…
| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea (with dates) |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
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Dramatic Evaporation of the
…
| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea (with dates) |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
|
Dramatic Evaporation of the
…
| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
|
Dramatic Evaporation of the
…
| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
|
Dramatic Evaporation of the
…
| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
|
Dramatic Evaporation of the
…
| Title |
Dramatic Evaporation of the Aral Sea |
| Abstract |
Disapearing Water: The Aral Sea Over Time (From 1973 to 2001) A time series is a powerful illustrative tool. Where in the case of Las Vegas we see the direct effects of people on the land, in the case of the Aral Sea, separating the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we see indirect, but no less dramatic effects on a different part of the world. The Aral Sea is actually not a sea at all. It is an immense lake, a body of fresh water, although that particular description of its contents might now be more a figure of speech than practical fact. In the last thirty years, more than sixty percent of the lake has disappeared. As you'll see in the visualization, the change over time is dramatic. In the 1970s, farmers and state offices opened significant diversions from the rivers supplying water to the lake, sending millions of gallons to irrigate cotton fields and rice paddies. So voluminous were these irrigation sluices that concentrations of salts and minerals began to rise in the shrinking body of water. That change in chemistry has led to staggering alterations in the lake's ecology, causing precipitous drops in the Aral's fish population. A secondary effect of this reduction in the Aral Sea's overall size is the rapid exposure of the lake bed. Powerful winds that blow across this part of Asia routinely pick up and deposit tens of thousands of tons of now exposed soil every year. This has not only contributed to significant reduction in breathable air quality for nearby residents, but also appreciably affected crop yields due to those heavily salt laden particles falling on arable land. In the following sequence of images, we see a series of Landsat scenes taken several years apart. As the years pass, we see the profound reduction in overall area covered by the Aral, and a commensurate increase in land area as the floor of the sea now lies exposed. |
| Completed |
2001-04-19 |
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Dust over Much of Western As
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| Title |
Dust over Much of Western Asia |
| Description |
This is a true-color SeaWiFS view of the Middle East and Western Asia showing several dust plumes being blown by stiff winds on March 27, 2002. The most noticeable plumes are at the border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan border and around what is left of the Aral Sea. The whiter color of the plumes there suggests that they probably contain evaporites from the dried up sea bed. A band of dust or other aerosol is also visible across the southern end of the Caspian Sea in this scene. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/redirect?http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Dust over the Aral Sea
| Title |
Dust over the Aral Sea |
| Description |
On April 18, 2003, strong southwesterly winds were blowing dust and sand from the deserts of Kazakhstan out over the Aral Sea. The above true-color image of the dust plume was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, flying aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC. |
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Dust Storm in Central Asia
| Title |
Dust Storm in Central Asia |
| Description |
A massive dust storm blew through central Asia on May 7, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite took this picture the same day, capturing the dust sweeping in a counterclockwise direction east of the Aral Sea. In this image, the dust appears as a pale beige swath immediately south of a large bank of clouds. The dust mimics the movement of the clouds, and both clouds and dust may have resulted from the same weather system. Although a few plumes originate to the west, most of the dust plumes originate along the shores of the South Aral Sea. The dry lake beds surrounding the South Aral Sea provide ample material for dust storms. The sea began retreating [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4819 ] in the 1960s. Although the North Aral Sea had rebounded [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17634 ] somewhat by the spring of 2007, thanks to conservation efforts, the southern portion of this massive lake continued to decline. You can download a 250-meter-resolution Central Asia KMZ file [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/May2007/centralasia_amo_2007127.kmz ] for use with Google Earth. [ http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Dust Storm over the Aral Sea
| Title |
Dust Storm over the Aral Sea |
| Description |
Straddling the border between Kazakhstan in the north and Uzbekistan in the south, the Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the world. Soviet-era irrigation diverted water, shrinking the sea to less than half of its 1960 extent. In 2006, a dam built to restore the northern portion of the sea caused a surprisingly rapid [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17241 ] recovery. Despite this partial recovery, however, the lake remained surrounded by its dried-up lakebed, and this dry lakebed was the likely source of a dust storm over the Aral Sea on June 13, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took a picture of the dust as it blew over the eastern half of the Aral Sea. In this picture, the dust is very light in color, which is characteristic of lakebed sediments. NASA image courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ], NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Dust Storm over the Aral Sea
| Title |
Dust Storm over the Aral Sea |
| Description |
Another dust storm struck the South Aral Sea on September 1, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] flying onboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took a picture the same day. Although it produced less dramatic dust plumes than the June 13 [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13648 ] storm, this storm covered both the eastern and western portions of the South Aral Sea. Dry lakebed sediments provide ample material for dust storms, and that was probably the case in this storm. Although a dam designed to restore the North Aral Sea showed encouraging progress in 2006, the South Aral Sea remained surrounded by a dried-up lakebed, partially diminished by irrigation projects. NASA image courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ], NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Dust Storm over the South Ar
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| Title |
Dust Storm over the South Aral Sea |
| Description |
A dust storm formed over the South Aral Sea on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on May 9, 2007. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite took this picture the same day. As with a larger storm [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14249 ] that occurred just two days earlier, this dust storm arose from a few plumes west of the Aral Sea, but primarily from sediments around the Sea itself. Dried-up lake beds provide material for dust storms, and the Aral Sea's lake beds can be easily discerned in this image, appearing in a lighter shade of beige than the surrounding land. Not a real sea but an inland freshwater body, the Aral Sea was once the world's fourth-largest lake. Due to river diversions, it began retreating [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4819 ] in the 1960s, its water level falling low enough to split it in two: the North Aral Sea and the South Aral Sea. By the time this picture was taken, the destinies had diverged for the northern and southern portions of this lake. Thanks to conservation efforts, the North Aral Sea had rebounded [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17634 ] by the spring of 2007. The South Aral Sea, however, continued to decline. Dry lake bed sediments blown aloft in this image appear to originate primarily from the land surrounding the South Aral Sea. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires between the Caspian an
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| Title |
Fires between the Caspian and Aral Seas |
| Description |
At the northern end of the stony deserts scattered across the Ustyurt Plateau between the Caspian Sea (left edge) and the Aral Sea (right) in southern Kazakhstan, several large fires were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on June 20, 2004. Areas where the sensor detected active fires are marked in red. The western group of fires is divided in the center by the Emba River, which flows southwestward toward the Caspian Sea. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC |
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Retreating Aral Sea Coastlin
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| Title |
Retreating Aral Sea Coastlines |
| Description |
The arrow-shaped island in the Aral Sea (lower-right view, taken in 1988) used to be a 35-kilometer-long visual marker, indicating the Aral Sea to astronauts. An image from the present International Space Station increment (top) shows how much the coastline has changed as the sea level has dropped during the last three decades. Arrows indicate the northern shoreline of the original island. This 2005 image shows that the island is now part of the mainland. Deep blues and greens indicate the water-covered areas. The exposed sea floor is characterized by old shorelines (parallel lines surrounding the island) and outlines of ancient deltas. An intermediate stage in the falling sea level is documented in a view taken in 1996 (lower left), in which the island appears larger and elongated towards the eastern shore of the sea. Since the 1960s, sea levels have dropped drastically as rivers that maintained the level of the Aral Sea were diverted—completely in later years—for agricultural purposes, especially for growing cotton. A thriving fishing industry in the world's then fourth-largest lake was largely eliminated as the area of the sea shrank by more than 60 percent. Salts and pesticides that accumulated from agricultural runoff were subsequently exposed on the dry parts of the sea floor. Winds now transport these pollutants into surrounding fields and towns. Although the Kazakhstan government made a concerted effort to increase river inflow into the sea starting in 2003, it will take years before sea levels begin to rise. Astronaut photograph ISS011-E-7865 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS011&roll=E&frame=7865 ] was acquired June 3, 2005, with a Kodak 760C digital camera with a 180 mm lens. The 1996 photograph NM23-746-24 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=NM21&roll=746&frame=24 ] was acquired on May 14, 1996, with a Hasselblad camera fitted with a 100 mm lens. The 1988 photograph STS27-34-39 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS027&roll=34&frame=39 ] was acquired on December 5, 1988, with a Hasselblad camera fitted with a 250 mm lens. The images are provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group at the Johnson Space Center. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov ] |
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Fires Near the Aral Sea
| Title |
Fires Near the Aral Sea |
| Description |
On April 3, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite detected numerous fires (red dots) burning along the Sydar'ya River in Kazakhstan (upper right) and the Amudar'ya River in northwestern Uzbekistan (left). At bottom left is Turkmenistan. At upper left is the Aral Sea. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Plume over the Caspian Sea:
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A hazy plume drifted over th
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Plume over the Caspian Sea:
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A hazy plume drifted over th
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Dust Storm over the South Ar
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A dust storm formed over the
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North Aral Sea Recovery: Ima
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In 2000, the Aral Sea was in
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NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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North Aral Sea Recovery: Ima
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In 2000, the Aral Sea was in
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2007-04-14 |
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NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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ge_07645 |
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North Aral Sea Recovery: Ima
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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In 2000, the Aral Sea was in
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2007-04-14 |
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NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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ge_07645 |
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North Aral Sea Recovery: Ima
…
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
In 2000, the Aral Sea was in
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ge_07645
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-04-14 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
| identifier |
ge_07645 |
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Spring in Kazakhstan: Natura
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Spring was clearly settling
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ge_19750
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-03-30 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_19750 |
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Dust over the Aral Sea: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On April 18, 2003, strong so
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aralsea.AMO2003108
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-04-18 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
aralsea.AMO2003108 |
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Dust over the Aral Sea: Natu
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On April 18, 2003, strong so
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aralsea.AMO2003108
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-04-18 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
aralsea.AMO2003108 |
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Fires Near the Aral Sea: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On April 3, 2003, the modis.
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CentralAsia.TMOA2003093
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-04-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
CentralAsia.TMOA2003093 |
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Haze over the Caspian Sea: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A hazy plume drifted over th
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caspian_tmo_2008103
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-04-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
caspian_tmo_2008103 |
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Dust Storm in Central Asia:
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A massive dust storm blew th
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centralasia_amo_2007127
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-05-07 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
centralasia_amo_2007127 |
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Dust Storm over the Aral Sea
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dust plumes rose from desicc
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aral_amo_2008092
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-04-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
aral_amo_2008092 |
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Dust Storm over the Aral Sea
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A large dust storm blew west
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ge_19853
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2008-04-29 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ge_19853 |
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Windswept Shores of the Aral
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
As recently as the 1960's th
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PIA04324
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-12-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/ MISR Team. |
| identifier |
PIA04324 |
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Retreating Aral Sea Coastlin
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
The arrow-shaped island in t
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ISS011-E-7865
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2005-06-03 |
| creator |
NASA -- Astronaut photograph eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS011&roll=E&frame=7865 ISS011-E-7865 was acquired June 3, 2005, with a Kodak 760C digital camera with a 180 mm lens. The 1996 photograph eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=NM21&roll=746&frame=24 NM23-746-24 was acquired on May 14, 1996, with a Hasselblad camera fitted with a 100 mm lens. The 1988 photograph eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS027&roll=34&frame=39 STS27-34-39 was acquired on December 5, 1988, with a Hasselblad camera fitted with a 250 mm lens. The images are provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group at the Johnson Space Center. The spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. |
| identifier |
ISS011-E-7865 |
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Dust Storm over the Aral Sea
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Another dust storm struck th
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aral_amo_2006244
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-09-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
aral_amo_2006244 |
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'Rebirth'' Island Joins the
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
*500 meter resolution images
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modis_aral
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2000-06-09 |
| creator |
NASA -- Caption & Image Courtesy Luca Pietranera, www.telespazio.it/ Telespazio, Rome, Italy, based on data from the modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Science Team |
| identifier |
modis_aral |
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Dust Storm, Aral Sea, Kazakh
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
Astronauts aboard the Intern
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ISS015-E-07874
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-05-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
ISS015-E-07874 |
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The Shrinking Aral Sea : Ima
…
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
The Aral Sea is actually not
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ge_01396
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2001 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy USGS edc.usgs.gov/ Eros Data Center, based on data provided by the landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Landsat science team. |
| identifier |
ge_01396 |
|
The Shrinking Aral Sea : Ima
…
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
The Aral Sea is actually not
…
ge_01396
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2001 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy USGS edc.usgs.gov/ Eros Data Center, based on data provided by the landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Landsat science team. |
| identifier |
ge_01396 |
|
The Shrinking Aral Sea : Ima
…
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
The Aral Sea is actually not
…
ge_01396
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2001 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy USGS edc.usgs.gov/ Eros Data Center, based on data provided by the landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Landsat science team. |
| identifier |
ge_01396 |
|
The Shrinking Aral Sea : Ima
…
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
The Aral Sea is actually not
…
ge_01396
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2001 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy USGS edc.usgs.gov/ Eros Data Center, based on data provided by the landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Landsat science team. |
| identifier |
ge_01396 |
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Fires between the Caspian an
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
At the northern end of the s
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Kazakhstan.TMOA2004172
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-06-20 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Kazakhstan.TMOA2004172 |
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Dust over Much of Western As
…
nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This is a true-color SeaWiFS
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WAsianDust_S2002086
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002-03-27 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
WAsianDust_S2002086 |
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Dust Storm over the Aral Sea
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
Straddling the border betwee
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aral_amo_2006164
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2006-06-13 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA image courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response Team , NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center. |
| identifier |
aral_amo_2006164 |
|
Aral Sea: Image of the Day
nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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aral_sea_1989_2003
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2003-08-12 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image obtained from the glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility . |
| identifier |
aral_sea_1989_2003 |
|
Lake Sarez, Tajikistan: Imag
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
…
Lake Sarez (top), deep in th
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ISS002-ESC-7771_Sarez
| mediatype |
IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2002 |
| creator |
NASA -- Digital photograph numbers eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS002&roll=ESC& frame=7771 ISS002-E-7771 and eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS002&roll=ESC&frame=7524 ISS002-E-7479 were taken in the spring of 2001 from Space Station Alpha and are provided by the eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/ Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. |
| identifier |
ISS002-ESC-7771_Sarez |
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