Written off after a forced landing which occured on December 30th 2004. The aircraft was coming from Kabul (Afghanistan) where the left gear was completely destroyed during a missed landing in very...
Lake Sarez - deep in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan, was created 90 years ago when a strong earthquake triggered a massive landslide that, in turn, became a huge dam along the Murghob River, now...
Ismail Samani Peak (from 1932–1962 known as Stalin Peak, from 1962–1998 as Communism Peak), 24,590 ft (7,495 m). Pamir Mountains are formed by the junction of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and...
The Nurek dam in Tajikistan is 300 meters (984 feet) tall and at the moment (9/2005) the highest dam of the world (the Rogun dam (335 meters / 1,099 feet) still is under construction).
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