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Field trip to Amudarya delta and the Large Aral Sea
September 8-16, 2003
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Members of expedition during a visit to Mr Ubbiniyaz Ashirbekov (the second on the right) the head of Nukus branch of International Fund for Saving Aral
Sea
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Main entrance to the central office of International Fund for Saving
Aral Sea in Nukus
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Discussion in the central office of International Fund for Saving Aral Sea in Nukus
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Members of expedition examine vicinities of Muynak with deputy major of this city
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Sampling of benthos in Muynak water reservoirs(former it was a gulf of the Aral Sea)
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Collecting of macrophytes in Muynak water reservoirs (former it was a gulf of the Aral Sea)
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Sampling of plankton in Muynak water reservoirs (former it was a gulf of the
Aral Sea)
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General view to Sudochye water reservoir (former it was a lake/gulf of Aral Sea)
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Temporary chemical laboratory in hotel in Muynak
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Road to the cliff of plateau Ustyurt, view from the dried up bottom of former Adzhibay gulf of the Aral Sea
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South-West corner of the Large Aral Sea
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Members of expedition at the edge of the plateau Ustyrt
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Landslide terraces under the cliff of plateau Ustyurtand panorama of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 1)
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Landslide terraces under the cliff of plateau Ustyurtand panorama of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 2)
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Landslide terraces under the cliff of plateau Ustyurt (erosion) and panorama of the Large Aral Sea
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Coast of the Large Aral Sea at cape Aktumsyk
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Cliff of a plateau Ustyurt (fragment 1)
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Cliff of plateau Ustyurt (fragment 2)
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Cliff of plateau Ustyurt (fragment 3)
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Cliff of plateau Ustyurt (fragment 4)
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A new meteorological station “Aktumsyk”
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Coast of the Large Aral Sea near the new meteostation “Aktumsyk”
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Members of expedition at the beginning of road to the coast of the Large Aral Sea
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Landslide of the cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea and road to the coast(fragment 3)
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Landslide of cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea and road to the coast
(fragment 1)
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Landslide of cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea and road to the coast (fragment 2)
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Marks for measurement of the Large Aral Sea level
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Mark of GEF Agency at the coast of the Large Aral Sea
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Rocky coast of the Large Aral Sea and water sampling on shoals
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Sampling of benthos in the Large Aral Sea
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Sampling of plankton in the Large Aral Sea
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Filamentous algae on shoals of the Large Aral Sea
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Hyperhaline micro algae and bacteria on the coast of the Large Aral Sea
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An argillo-arenaceous beach on the coast of the Large Aral Sea
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Modern salt crust on the dried up bottom of the Large Aral Sea
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Fossil salt crust at the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 1)
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Fossil salt crust at the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 2)
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Remnants of medieval saxaul on the former bottom of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 1)
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Remnants of medieval saxaul on the former bottom of the Large Aral Sea
(fragment 2)
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Saxaul on the cliff terrace near the modern coast of the Large Aral Sea
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Vegetation on the former bottom under the cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea
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Landslide of the cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 1)
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Landslide of the cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 2)
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Landslide of the cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 3)
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Landslide of the cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 4)
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Landslide of the cliff on the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 5)
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Landslide of the cliff on the the coast of the Large Aral Sea (fragment 6)
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Clay formations on the former bottom of the Large Aral Sea
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Fossil bivalve mollusc
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A meal (water melon) on the coast of the Large Aral Sea
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Coming back to Nukus from the Large Aral Sea
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A new building of museum in Nukus
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Visiting an ancient cemetery in vicinities of Nukus
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Underground mausoleum in vicinities of Nukus
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Fragment of decoration inside the underground mausoleum in vicinities of Nukus
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An ancient cemetery in vicinities of Nukus
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Ruins of ancient city in vicinities of Nukus