This  GIF <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_graphics" class="extiw" title="w:Computer graphics">graphic</a> was created with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP" class="extiw" title="w:GIMP">GIMP</a>.
<bdi><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ComputerHotline" title="User:ComputerHotline">Thomas Bresson</a>
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between 2000 and 2009 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+2000-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+2000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+2009-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div> for the photos
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php">Evaporation of the Aral Sea</a>