The Tragic History of The Aral Sea & Ship Graveyard 🇺🇿

[@johnf4883]

Wow! that was interesting, strange and sad too of course

[@madmousetales]

@@johnf4883 thanks for watching John! 😊

[@thehealthanarchist]

Great upload, some weird places in the world, best wishes Mouse 🐭🙂

[@madmousetales]

@@thehealthanarchist indeed!! Thanks for watching 😁

[@cpoco]

How tragic. It shows how important ecosystems are... nature goes and people go with it. I hope they do restore it because it's quite sad and arguably infuriating to see what has been done.

[@madmousetales]

@@cpoco yeah - so much more than just the water was lost, sad but there is still some hope!

[@AnotherCanadianSenior]

That's a rarity... I finished one of your videos in a worse mood than when I started. Still, one must not hide one's head in the sand over environmental disasters, especially when that sand is the bottom of what was once a beautiful lake.

[@madmousetales]

@@AnotherCanadianSenior ahh I am so sorry - back to the positive explorations tomorrow 😊

[@Hiram8866]

When you first spoke, I thought you said you were in a city called nickers. I immediately went in to Sid James mode. You have to be pretty fit to travel on a budget. Great experience though. I hope you are eating better than the instant mash. Gotta keep your strength up for these bus journeys. Very sad to see the environmental disaster there. Yep, humans do terrible things.

[@aalexjohna]

Nickers is very apt, it being a shithole.

[@madmousetales]

@@Hiram8866 nickers 😆 🩲 yes budget travel involves a lot of discomfort and a lot of walking but it’s definitely worth it!! I don’t think i want to eat instant mash for at least another year 😆

[@AnthonyCarter-g2o]

I take it that the price of scrap metal isn’t very good around there 😊At least some effort is being made to rectify the situation.

[@madmousetales]

@@AnthonyCarter-g2o yes indeed , let’s see what happens in the future 🙏

[@stephenoshaughnessy2279]

That sort of short bush chaparral at the end is similar to the landscape on highway 395 (north of Los Angeles) at the town of Atolia in California -- without the mountains. If you want to see a desolated area in California, check out Searle Valley near Trona California. Borax and other minerals used to be mined there. As for ecological damage, California has its share. The Owens Valley was once a lake, but in the early 20th century, Los Angeles began to divert its feeder rivers south to Los Angeles. The area is largely desert now. As a second example, The Colorado River has much less volume than in the past. Many western states siphon water before it reaches Mexico.

[@madmousetales]

@@stephenoshaughnessy2279 interesting, I’ll have a look. Yes I’m sure most countries have done something pretty bad environmentally , it’s sad to see it on such a large scale

[@hessex1899]

Have some caution being in areas like this for long periods of time or eating while or just after visiting. God knows what kind of industrial waste the Soviets were dumping in that body of water. When it evaporated it became concentrated and deposited in the silt at the bottom.

[@madmousetales]

@@hessex1899 you are right, I heard there have been a lot of health issues in the region sadly