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Postcard from Kazakhstan: The Aral Sea

submitted by calvados

1 decade 7 years 3 months ago

(10m26s) Short documentary on the Soviet-induced ecological nightmare of the shrinking Aral Sea, and new hope for a small part of it to be saved. If you've seen those surreal pictures of rusted ships sitting in the middle of the desert, that's this.

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I wonder if any of the "ships of the desert" can be used again. Will they float by themselves when the water comes back?

you bet they will, calvados, you bet they will....

I would disagree that it's the Soviet's fault entirely, the Uzbek goverment has expanded and used the same inefficient water irrigation system for the last 15 years without giving a damn about the ecological and environmental effects, that is sapping the supplementary Amur Darya and Ser Darya rivers that once feed the Aral.

@farhad: troo dat. the Sovs started it mind you.

/assholes_uzbekistan

To continue the party at the end, watch
http://www.videosift.com/video/Pop-music-from-Kazakhstan-R-Lizer-Freestailo

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