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Saturday Scenes: Ship Cemetery Near the Aral Sea

The Aral Sea is the sea that almost disappeared. Situated in both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the shrinking of the Aral Sea is one of the greatest environmental catastrophes in history. While crossing Kazakhstan, I stopped in Aralskoe More, once a port on the seashore, to take a tour of the area and see for myself …

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Crossing Kazakhstan by Train

Melons. People just kept bringing more melons. They carried them in plaid plastic bags or under their arms and stuffed them wherever they could find room – in storage bins, under tables or on top of bunks. What were they going to do with all these melons? And then when night fell, wherever there weren’t …

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