The Shrinking Aral Sea: Updated for 2015

Over the past 50 years the Aral Sea has been devastated by massive irrigation projects. These images show the decline over the past decade and perhaps even small signs of recovery in 2015.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php?src=nha-ann

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-- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --

FOREST FIRES IN SUMATRA
Early September brought seasonal agricultural fires to Sumatra.
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*** Image from Sep 24, 2015 (Posted on Sep 24, 2015 1:04 PM)

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