Aral Sea: NASA Images Reveal How Once World's Fourth-Largest Lake Is Nearing Extinction

Satellite images, released last week by NASA, reveal how a large section of the Aral Sea, a lake lying between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south, has dried out. The images from the Terra satellite show how the eastern basin of what was once the world's fourth-largest lake is now completely parched.