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"Yangykala Canyon, which in prehistoric times lay beneath the Caspian Sea. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
"Yangykala Canyon, which in prehistoric times lay beneath the Caspian Sea. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Object Number 2019.5.1.31
Display Title "Yangykala Canyon, which in prehistoric times lay beneath the Caspian Sea. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 2012
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Turkmenistan
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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2019.5.2.23 "Yangykala Canyon lay beneath the Caspian Sea in prehistoric times. Balkanabat, Turkmenistan, 2012"
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Balkanabat
"The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.21 "The 'Door to Hell'. In 1971, Soviet geologists were drilling in the Turkmen desert when the land gave way beneath them, leaving a seventy-meter-wide, noxious gas-emitting crater. They ignited the gas to try to burn off the excess, but the crater has been ablaze ever since. Darvaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Darvaza
"Cracked ice on the surface of the Volga, shortly before it enters the Caspian Sea. Astrakhan, Russia, 2012"
2019.5.1.35 "Cracked ice on the surface of the Volga, shortly before it enters the Caspian Sea. Astrakhan, Russia, 2012"
Photographic
Astrakhan
"Every winter, on the Feast of the Epiphany, members of the Russian Orthodox church plunge themselves three times into the Volga River to remember Christ's baptism. Astrakhan, Russia, 2012"
2019.5.1.37 "Every winter, on the Feast of the Epiphany, members of the Russian Orthodox church plunge themselves three times into the Volga River to remember Christ's baptism. Astrakhan, Russia, 2012"
Photographic
Astrakhan
"Women who are trying to conceive make pilgrimages from all over Turkmenistan to visit the Qyz Bibi shrine. Qyz Bibi, the pagan goddess of fertility and womanhood, is believe to have lived most of her life in a cramped cave, fed through a tiny hole in the rock. Nokhur, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.23 "Women who are trying to conceive make pilgrimages from all over Turkmenistan to visit the Qyz Bibi shrine. Qyz Bibi, the pagan goddess of fertility and womanhood, is believe to have lived most of her life in a cramped cave, fed through a tiny hole in the rock. Nokhur, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Nohur
"In Turkmenistan, the foreign ministry has expressed plans to transform the luxury beach resort of Awaza into a 'Turkish Las Vegas'. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.45 "In Turkmenistan, the foreign ministry has expressed plans to transform the luxury beach resort of Awaza into a 'Turkish Las Vegas'. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Awaza
"A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.46 "A larger-than-life-size photograph of Turkmenistan's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, towers over a hotel guest. Awaza, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Awaza
"Employees of a fish-curing factory that vacuum packs strips of dried vobla, or Caspian roach, and distributes them across Russia to be eaten as a snack with beer. Kamyzyak, Russia, 2012"
2019.5.1.41 "Employees of a fish-curing factory that vacuum packs strips of dried vobla, or Caspian roach, and distributes them across Russia to be eaten as a snack with beer. Kamyzyak, Russia, 2012"
Photographic
Kamyzyak
"Changing rooms at Kow-Ata, the 'Father of Caves.' This sulfur lake lies sixty meters underground and is known for its warm healing waters. Kow-Ata, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.24 "Changing rooms at Kow-Ata, the 'Father of Caves.' This sulfur lake lies sixty meters underground and is known for its warm healing waters. Kow-Ata, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Turkmenistan
"Ships at the port of Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk). Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, 2012"
2019.5.1.47 "Ships at the port of Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk). Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, 2012"
Photographic
Türkmenbaşy
"In a cemetery on the Caspian coast, Uzbek migrant workers build elaborate mausoleums for the new, oil-rich middle class. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.1.17 "In a cemetery on the Caspian coast, Uzbek migrant workers build elaborate mausoleums for the new, oil-rich middle class. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Photographic
Kazakhstan
"Oil rig and 'nodding donkey' (oil pumping jack) engraved into the side of a mausoleum to commemorate a man who made his fortune in the Caspian oil industry. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
2019.5.1.20 "Oil rig and 'nodding donkey' (oil pumping jack) engraved into the side of a mausoleum to commemorate a man who made his fortune in the Caspian oil industry. Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan, 2010"
Photographic
Kazakhstan