Archive for June 2015
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Beautiful scenery of Kim-Asar Valley
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
The river and valley of Kim-Asar are located on the northern slope of the Trans-Ili Alatau near Medeo rink.
This place is very popular among residents and guests of Almaty because it is easy to reach it by bus or car, even untrained tourists can take the route and it is available at almost any time of the year. Photos by: Olga Kulakova.
Tags: Almaty oblast · landscapes
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The ship graveyard of the Aral Sea
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Regions
The Aral Sea is a formerly undrained salt lake in Central Asia, located on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Since the 1960s, the level of the sea began to decline rapidly because of the diversion of water for irrigation purposes from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers.
Several port cities, such as Aralsk, suddenly found themselves far from the sea, many ships were abandoned. Photos by: Denis Frantsouzov.
Tags: Abandoned · Kzyl-Orda oblast
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The amazing beauty of Toraigyr steppe mountains
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions, Travel
This unusual landscape known as steppe or red mountains can be found near Toraigyr Ridge in Enbekshikazakh district of Almaty region. Toraigyr Ridge on Google Maps. Photos by: Sergey Terekhov.
Tags: Almaty oblast · landscapes