Lake Urmia: Iran’s most famous lake is disappearing!
Location: Sharafkhaneh East Azerbaijan Province Iran
Image Date: Sep 18, 2021
Caption:
The bottom of a dried up salt lake. View from the air. Traces of cars and motorcycles in the sand of Lake Urmia.Iran's Lake Urmia used to be the largest lake in the Middle East. But the salt lake has shrunk by two-thirds since 1997. Meysam Mir Zendehdel Iran's Lake Urmia used to be the largest lake in the Middle East. But the salt lake has shrunk by two-thirds since 1997.
Solmaz Daryani is an Iranian documentary photographer loosely based between Iran and the UK. She is a grantee of the Magnum Foundation, National Geographic Society grantee, and a member of Women Photograph and Diversify Photo. Her work...