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English: Envisat captures the freshwater and saltwater lakes of southeastern Kazakhstan (from left to right at the top of the image: Lake Balkhash, Lake Sasykkol, Lake Koshkarkol and Lake Alakol), northeastern Kyrgyzstan (Lake Issky-Kol – bottom left corner) and the Xinjiang province in China (Sayram Lake – sapphire colour). The snow-capped peaks of the Tien Shan mountain range are visible in the bottom right corner. Image acquired on 12 September 2007 by ESA’s Envisat’s MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) instrument.
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Lakes of Central Asia
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Environment; Water (fresh); Lakes
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Earth observation image of the week
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Envisat
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Observing the Earth

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