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Incredible photos of an eerie ship graveyard in the middle of the Uzbekistan desert

Sophie-Claire HoellerFeb 1, 2017, 01:48 IST

ShutterstockThe closest water is almost 100 miles from here.In Uzbekistan, an eerie ship graveyard filled with hauntingly beautiful shipwrecks beckons.

The Moynaq Ship Graveyard is literally a ghost town in the middle of the desert.

It was once a busy Soviet fishing port on the Aral Sea - one of the four largest lakes in the world back in the day - but today, nothing but desert remains.

Let's take a closer look and see how these ships came to be stranded in the middle of the desert.