The Moynaq War Memorial - a once clifftop viewpoint at The Aral Sea. Recognised as the World's worst manmade ecological disaster, the sea's shrinkage has wreaked the climate and ecology and destroyed all indigenous fish stocks. Dust blown from the exposed bed has created vast salt and dust sandstorms mixed with chemicals used in cotton cultivation rendering the region of Karakalpakstan an apocalyptic nightmare. Not that the Soviets cared, they knew this untold suffering to the people would be an acceptable by-product of their late 20th century drive to expand cotton production. Looking 'out to sea'.....
The surreal sight of the 'The Ships' Graveyard'. Fishing boats were abandoned as the sea vanished beyond the horizon. Most were stripped down by desperate locals - a few beached ships that remain.....
The Moynaq War Memorial - a once clifftop viewpoint at The Aral Sea. Recognised as the World's worst manmade ecological disaster, the sea's shrinkage has wreaked the climate and ecology and destroyed all indigenous fish stocks. Dust blown from the exposed bed has created vast salt and dust sandstorms mixed with chemicals used in cotton cultivation rendering the region of Karakalpakstan an apocalyptic nightmare. Not that the Soviets cared, they knew this untold suffering to the people would be an acceptable by-product of their late 20th century drive to expand cotton production. Looking 'out to sea'.....
The surreal sight of the 'The Ships' Graveyard'. Fishing boats were abandoned as the sea vanished beyond the horizon. Most were stripped down by desperate locals - a few beached ships that remain..... 
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