Only 30 years ago, the Aral Sea was the planet’s fourth-largest inland water mass, covering an area of 26,000 square miles between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. It was an ancient sea so vast that even Alexander the Great wrote about his struggles to cross it. But today, the Aral Sea is a ghost of its former self, reduced to just 10% of its original size and split … [Read more...] about Desert of Ghost Ships: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Aral Sea
Soviet era
Inside the mind-boggling town that looks like it’s been built out of LEGO
You’d be forgiven for thinking you’re looking at a life-size Lego city. What you are actually looking at is a real-life housing project known as Comfort Town. The multi-coloured city in Kyiv, Ukraine was designed to brighten up the former grey Soviet buildings from the 1950s and 60s. Now, screaming yellows, bright oranges, lime greens and pastel blues rise eight stories … [Read more...] about Inside the mind-boggling town that looks like it’s been built out of LEGO