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DescriptionAral sea 1985 from STS.jpg	English: The Aral Sea, the fourth largest lake in the world, can be seen in this low-oblique, south-looking view. When this photograph was taken by the STS-51-F mission, the Aral Sea covered an area of approximately 26 000 square miles (67 000 square kilometers), was approximately 260 miles (420 kilometers) long, 175 miles (280 kilometers) wide, and had an average depth of 33 feet (10 meters) and a maximum depth of 220 feet (70 meters).
Date	August 1985
Source	http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS51F-36-59
Author	NASA

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:38, 24 July 2010	606 × 599 (132 KB)	Kreuzschnabel	EXIF data removed
	16:41, 23 July 2010	606 × 599 (349 KB)	Kreuzschnabel	image turned by 180 degrees - it was upside-down, the view onto the northern coast being definitely steeper than the other side
	02:07, 9 November 2005	606 × 599 (349 KB)	PiccoloNamek~commonswiki
	08:57, 15 July 2005	606 × 599 (224 KB)	Li-sung	Aral Sea - August 1985 image description [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS51F-36-59 here] {{PD-USGov-NASA}}