File:Aral sea 1985 from STS.jpg

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English: The Aral Sea, the fourth largest lake in the world, can be seen in this low-oblique, south-looking view. When this photograph was taken by the STS-51-F mission, the Aral Sea covered an area of approximately 26 000 square miles (67 000 square kilometers), was approximately 260 miles (420 kilometers) long, 175 miles (280 kilometers) wide, and had an average depth of 33 feet (10 meters) and a maximum depth of 220 feet (70 meters).
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current06:38, 24 July 2010Thumbnail for version as of 06:38, 24 July 2010606 × 599 (132 KB)Kreuzschnabel (talk | contribs)EXIF data removed
16:41, 23 July 2010Thumbnail for version as of 16:41, 23 July 2010606 × 599 (349 KB)Kreuzschnabel (talk | contribs)image turned by 180 degrees - it was upside-down, the view onto the northern coast being definitely steeper than the other side
02:07, 9 November 2005Thumbnail for version as of 02:07, 9 November 2005606 × 599 (349 KB)PiccoloNamek~commonswiki (talk | contribs)
08:57, 15 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 08:57, 15 July 2005606 × 599 (224 KB)Li-sung (talk | contribs)Aral Sea - August 1985 image description [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS51F-36-59 here] {{PD-USGov-NASA}}

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