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The world's former fourth-largest lake is now a mostly dried-up desert with haunting shipwrecks
At first glance, images of the Aral Sea don't make sense. After all, boats simply don't belong in the middle of the desert. There are many places where you might see the rusted hull of a fishing boat ...
Brushing the dust from his hat and lying on the floor inside his home, Ali Shadilov recalls how he and other fishermen used to laugh at town elders who warned that the enormous sea they relied on was ...
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Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea has almost disappeared, and it seems nothing can be done to revive its desiccated seabed, restore its natural habitats, and stop the toxic dust ...
Ali Shadilov, left, and Anvar Saimbetov pose in front of an old boat in the area where the Aral Sea once was in Muynak, Uzbekistan, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The Associated Press interviewed Shadilov ...
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