Image:AralSea ComparisonApr2005-06.jpg

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Description
English: Satellite imagery of the North Aral Sea, showing an increase in volume between April 2005 and April 2006.
Español: Progreso de desecación del Mar de Aral Norte
Source

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17241

Date

April 2006

Author

Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory

Permission

US government, public domain

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