evidence: STS51F-36-59 Aral Sea, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan July 1985 [...] Two islands can be seen emerging from the Aral Sea. Barsa-Kel'mes Island is the pointed island in the north-central part of the sea; Vozrozhdeniya Island is the broad island in the west part of the sea. To the south, the darker colored, irrigated agricultural lands along the Amu Darya are visible. East of the sea near the shoreline, a duststorm (whitish area) of exposed sea bottom sediments can be seen moving southwestward toward the darker agricultural areas. Sea bottom sediments and past shorelines are visible (whitish-gray areas) along all parts of the sea and the emerging islands. (See STS047-079-083 for a comparison of how the Aral Sea has continued to shrink in only seven years.) [...] ARAL SEA-1992; DECREASING LAKE LEVELS