here's another one, The Aral Sea in Russia/uzsbekestan that has
mostly dried up, apparently 60 years ago they diverged water from
two rivers, it used to be a huge inland sea. Take a
look at the pictures, some of those Canyons are 1000 feet deep and
used to be under water and have 100's of feet of water above that
as well (there's a picture where they show 3 cows as little dots in
order to show a depth perspective those huge cliffs were under
water once). Also the old rusted ships, looks like a
desert
Posted by rafflesassoc on 31st of Dec 2009 at 01:14 pm
the aral sea is not in russia but in uzsbekestan.....the it was
the largest or second largest inland sea in the world until the
russians decided to raise cotton in the area....they wound up
pulluping the sea and drawing off most of the water which left the
sea mostly salt.....when the u.s. invaded afganistan and wanted
entry throught uzsbekastan we agreed to help the uzsbeks revitalize
the sea....i dont know what happened.....matthew at raffles
assoc
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Posted by matt on 31st of Dec 2009 at 12:56 pm
lol we should all go swimming here,
http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/taking-a-swim-in-the-devils-pool.html
Was there last year...and an
Posted by brophy on 3rd of Jan 2010 at 10:03 am
Was there last year...and an amazing place if you ever get the chance. Zimbabwe side of the falls far superior...
here's another one, The Aral
Posted by matt on 31st of Dec 2009 at 01:05 pm
here's another one, The Aral Sea in Russia/uzsbekestan that has mostly dried up, apparently 60 years ago they diverged water from two rivers, it used to be a huge inland sea. Take a look at the pictures, some of those Canyons are 1000 feet deep and used to be under water and have 100's of feet of water above that as well (there's a picture where they show 3 cows as little dots in order to show a depth perspective those huge cliffs were under water once). Also the old rusted ships, looks like a desert
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2937
aral sea
Posted by rafflesassoc on 31st of Dec 2009 at 01:14 pm
the aral sea is not in russia but in uzsbekestan.....the it was the largest or second largest inland sea in the world until the russians decided to raise cotton in the area....they wound up pulluping the sea and drawing off most of the water which left the sea mostly salt.....when the u.s. invaded afganistan and wanted entry throught uzsbekastan we agreed to help the uzsbeks revitalize the sea....i dont know what happened.....matthew at raffles assoc