Satellite image of the Aral Sea in August 2003Satellite image of the Aral Sea in August 2009Ship graveyard on the dry seabed near Aralsk, KazakhstanThe Aral Sea has shrunk by 70% since 1960
By 2004, the sea was only at 25% of its original surface areaThe receding sea has left plains covered with salt and toxic chemicalsThe sea split into two bodies of water in 1990: a big southern part in Uzbekistan and a smaller Kazakh pocketAbandoned ship on Uzbekistan's Aral Sea 'coast'1989 - 2003 - 2009
