20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Aral Sea ecological crisis
The photo represents the ecological distress of the Aral Sea - once the world's fourth largest lake it dried up to 10% of its' size within a few decades to to vast irrigation of the USSR. Now the rusting ships remind of the prosperios sea-port, which was the city of Muynak in the middle of last century.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2016 |
Date Uploaded: | 09.2022 |
Photo Location: | Muynak, Uzbekistan |
Camera: | NIKON D7000 |
Copyright: | © Azamat Matkarimov |