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Some photos from the trip to the Western Kazakhstan, May 2009. The road there is left from Soviet times, it is paved and straight as a line, more than 600 miles long. Then suddenly in the middle of nowhere the road simply ends
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and you have to go on your own risk, using gps or maps. Then night comes and you are totally lost, moving in total darkness for 200 miles more.
The most interesting place there that attracts visitors is called “The Fallen Earth”. A big area of the Earth surface looks like it broke down beneath the ground for many miles long. People often stand on the edge of this giant cup looking down and wonder – how this could ever happen to any place? It has been said that there is no hundred percent true version of how it did.
People lived here for thousand years and there are signs of the most ancient cultures that are still visible and can be seen.
Am I the only one to see nothing else but the first photo?
no, me too
Kazakhstan is not Russia. Kazakhstan is independent country. Why englishrussia publishes this post?
Well it always used to be Russia and at some point in time will probably be Russia again, so might as well get used to it, right?
“English Russia is a daily entertaiment blog devoted to the events happening in Russian speaking countries, such as Russia (Russian Federation), Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, etc. Everyday something interesting happens in the countries occupying 1/6 of the populated world. We are here to inform you about it.”
no photos! sux!
Englishrussia is not only about russia, but the old USSR countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and so on…
Kazakhstan number one exporter of potassium, all other countries have inferior potassium
All hail the world’s potassium export leader!
beautiful!
Wonderful pictures
Fantastic blue water. Can people swim there? How are the usual temperatures there, anyone know? Fantastic pictures!
Very nice pics! Nice place!
Man, sign me up for some of this off-roading! The road certainly doesn’t end with the paving.
nice stuff.
Those engravings on the walls are curious. I thought that there were only bactrian camels (with two humps) in this part of the world.
Looks like another planet. Was Star War filmed here?
Wow those are some stunning pictures. It reminds me of the US southwest.
re: Looks like another planet. Was Star War filmed here?
http://www.tunisiaonline.com/starwars/
Tunisia (at least for the original one)
but I agree, it would make a good movie set – but I was thinking for a western cowboy movie…
That is my kind of vacation! WOW!
What are the huge round cracked things in photo #15? Rocks? I have never seen anything like that.
Fantastic, yet harsh…
That’s nasty
Oops, that was a reply to the guy just below.
Looks like southern Utah, except for the camels. We have Mormons.
Mormons are more dangerous, but you can ride the females longer.
Care to show that location on the map? Or at least name the closest city/town/village
could you please stop using the term “mile”. Your are talking about regions where this outdated units are unknow and also by respect for your readers. It just doesn’t sound good.
Please get a life, please.
I have one life for sale, it is only slightly used, and can be had for the incredibly low price of 1000000000000 euros.
Looks very much like an meteor impact crater. The round rocks are typical molten rock that that cooled quickly in the impact site and slowly eroded to the surface over time.
If pictures 5, 6 and 8 relate to “The Fallen Earth”, then it looks nothing like an impact crater. By the looks of it, it might well be an colapse sinkhole. Like there was a cave underneath it and then the ceiling colapsed under its own weight.
Telling signs are the broken blocks all over the place.
In an impact cater, you usually have a raised rim, steep sides and a flat, featureless bottom.
I’d give a semi educated guess that the location is around the Aral Sea, taking into account the buttes, mesas, and other desert specific features, as well as the profile of the shrinking coastline, which can lead to sinkhole style collapses as illustrated in several photos.
Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, you very nice!
Quite amazing. Had to look at the photos several times through to take it all in. Thanks.
It’s quite similar to the Southwestern US.
The Aral Sea article + this article = omigod I need to go to Kazakhstan
Great pics……………
Wow … do you know where to find this spot on Google Earth?
great post.
Anyone have any idea on the road or a Google Maps location?
the tea cup looks like a old waterfall system
Isn’t it plateau Usturt, NW Aral Sea?
I would love to travel here. It is beautiful..somewhat like Western part of USA…but this is mysterious.
I am jealous to go there.,,but I dont know how they feel abt americans coming to visit.
Very good photos. Truly beautiful. Would love to visit. Those round cracked rocks are amazing.
wow
can you publish a .kmz file for Google Earth to some of these loaltions?
This is why I want to learn Russian.
What a stunning place! Great set of photo’s!
a location of this road would be appreciated
guys, are those pictures made in the ustjurt plateau? in 06/2011 i am gonna visit kazakhstan – including the ustjurt plateau. any chance to get coordinates of those places? working mail adress deposited in reply-form, for any case:
spam4filip [ at ] gmail dot com
and well..very impressive set of fotos.
many thanks!