NASA has just shared the time lapse with data for 50 years to show how the former Soviet Union's Aral Lake has converted from sea to lake and into a dry land.
According to the Daily Star, the researchers were surprised by the new discovery in the wilderness of Kazakhstan.
This land used to be a busy port town by the Aral Sea, but the sea was completely empty, leaving residents with ecological disasters.
According to NASA, 'for the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the Aral Sea has completely evaporated'.
The sky, the fanciful American lake surface in purple light is one of the remarkable astronomical scenes of the week.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has just released the latest satellite images showing significant changes in our Earth over the past four decades.