Aral Sea
Photo Title
Aral Sea
Photographer/Creator
David C. Turnley
Collection
Publisher
Detroit Free Press/Black Star
Caption/Description
A grandmother and her grandchildren sit in a village near the Aral Sea in Soviet Central Asia. The Aral Sea, the fourth largest lake in the world, has been environmentally devasted as a result of wreckless irrigation of the lake. It has shrunk 90 kilometers in ten years.
Citation
David C. Turnley, "Aral Sea," in POYi Archive, Item #18575, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/18575 (accessed May 10, 2025).
Date Added
07.04.2008