
An aerial view of the ship graveyard near Muynak over the dried up Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the sea's remains as part of a trip through former Soviet Central Asia. Sunday, April 4, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on Central Asian leaders to step up cooperation in solving the environmental problems. - AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko