1. FIELD TRIP TO THE ARAL SEA September 2007

2. Northern hills at Butakov Bay (Small Aral)

3. Philip is measuring wind velocity

4. View to Butakov Bay

5. Three picks of Butakov Bay cliff

6. Ustjurt plateau cliff at Chernyshov Bay (Large Aral, Western depression)

7. Dried bottom of Chernyshov Bay

8. Remnants of a basement of the Artemia center

9. Brocken truck of the Artemia center

10. Brocken pier of the Artemia center

11. Stone rich with fossils

12. Shrinking Chernyshov Bay

13. View from the hill to the isolated Tschebas Bay (Large Aral)

14. Northern cliff of Shevchenko Bay (Small Aral)

15. Northern cliff of Shevchenko Bay

16. Concretion the rock from cliff

17. View to the cliff

18. Flooding in Shevchenko Bay due to damming

19. Akespe village

21. Sandy dunes at Akespe village

23. View to the Western tip of Butakov Bay (Small Aral)

24. Swans and other aquatic birds on Butakov Bay

25. Former military barge for fuel

26. Former military road to the pier

27. Flooding in the Small Aral near Tastubek village due to damming

28. Shore of Bolshoy Sarycheganak Bay (Small Aral)

29. Halophyle plants on former Aral Sea bottom

30. Philip is taking GPS coordinates

31. Philip is cleaning feet after sinking in mud

32. Birlestik. Cemetry of boats

33. Disassembling of a boat for recycling

35. The largest boat in the ship cemetery in Birlestik

36. New mosque in Bugun village

37. Aklak spillway under construction

38. Three main gates of Aklak spillway

39. Bridge of boats across Syrdarya

40. Dried Large Aral Sea bottom

41. Entrance to Barsakelmes wildlife reserve on the former Aral Sea bottom

42. Mirage of the Eastern Large Aral Sea

43. Cemetery on the former Barsakelmes island

44. Local rangers

45. View to the spillway from the Small Aral Sea

46. View to the spillway from the Large Aral Sea

47. Remnants of the Large Aral Sea. Water came from spillway in spring 2007

48. Philip is measuring salinity

49. Lower reach of Syr Darya River

50. Kamyslybas Lake

51. Map of Aklak hydraulic structure

52. Hydraulic structures: constructed and under construction