Another image from NASA's Earth Observatory Project.What I like about this is a postivie plug for the World Bank's environmental lending projects.
From http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17634
"... The North Aral Sea owes its rebirth to the Kok-Aral Dam, an $85.8 million project bolstered by a loan from the World Bank. The dam separates the North Aral Sea from its saltier and more polluted southern half. In early 2006, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced that the Aral Sea had shown dramatic recovery in just months, rather than the five to ten years originally predicted...."
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