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Joint expedition of Zoological Institute RAS and
Barsakelmes wild life reserve to the Aral Sea
September 2008
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Expedition route
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Prof. N.Aladin (ZIN RAS) and director of wild life reserve M.Tursinbaev are planning the expedition route using
modern satellite image
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Preparing Gates of Aklak control structure for operation
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View of 3 open gates
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Water level gates (Baltic system)
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View to the dike from down stream side
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The fish-bypass
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Schematic of Aklak control structure and associated water bodies
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Headquarters of the wild life reserve on the former Barsakelmes Island
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Library and laboratory buildings
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Remains of equipment used during the Soviet era
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Remains of tractor used during Soviet period
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Dried up mushroom
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Sun spider on the Barsakelmes Island
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Scorpio on the Barsakelmes Island
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Poisonous snake - copperhead snake Gloydius halys
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Rising moon
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View to the Eastern Large Aral Sea from the southern cliff
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Dr. I. Plotnikov (ZIN RAS) is descending the cliff
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The car stuck in saline land on the former Aral Sea bottom
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Digging out the car
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Grave of D.Piriulin (former ZIN RAS researcher)
on the Barsakelmes Island
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Car on the former Aral Sea bottom
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Gauharbek (Barsakelmes reserve) and K.Milto (ZIN RAS) are collecting reptiles
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Camels at the watering place
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Gerbil at its borrow
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Boat of fishing inspectors on the Small Aral Sea
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Image acquisition at Kokaral dike
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View to Kokaral dike water gates from the tail water
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Old water well in foreground and drilling operation for new well in background in Akbasty village
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Boring new water well
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The southern coast of Shevchenko Bay
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The northern coast of Tschebas Bay
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Innocuous snake - coluber Elaphe quatuorlineata sauromates, juv.
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Prof. N.Aladin and the wild life reserve officials
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Channel between the Western and Eastern Large Aral Sea
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Image acquisition at the channel
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View of the channel looking south to southern shore on Vozrozdeniya Island
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Footprints of flamingo on the channel bank
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Chernyshov Bay
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Agama Trapelus sanguinolentus
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Lizard agama Phrynocephalus helioscopus
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Another lizard agama speciesPhrynocephalus guttatus
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Dried up bottom at the western coast of Chernyshov Bay
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View to the eastern coast of Chernyshov Bay
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Tschebas Bay, dried up bottom
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Remains of boats on Tschebas Bay
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Salt crust on dried up bottom
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Remnants of dredger
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Remnants of pier
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Local herdsman on motorcycle
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A boulder from the cliff of Shevchenko Bay northern coast
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Cliff on Shevchenko Bay northern coast
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Cliff on Shevchenko Bay northern coast
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Partially submerged boat on Butakov Bay
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Partially submerged boat on Butakov Bay
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Southern coast of Butakov Bay
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Butakov Bay
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Butakov Bay
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Crystals of gypsum
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“Trident” on the northern coast of Butakov Bay
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Cliff on the coast of Butakov Bay
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Butakov Bay
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Summing up results of expedition for nature reserve officials
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Farewell at the railway station