[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Sor Kaydak [{Image src='120kz.jpg' width='603' height='650' alt='Sor Kaydak' class='image_left' caption='Image courtesy of USGS. ' popup='false'}] [{SET customtitle='Sor Kaydak'}] The intricate lines angling and criss-crossing over the landscape are roads in extreme southwestern Kazakhstan. The turquoise areas on the left of this false-color satellite image are salt flats and marshes, some parts of which are submerged (dark blue). The body of water is Sor Kaydak, which was once a gulf of the Caspian Sea. As water levels have dropped, curious patterns in the landscape have emerged that reveal old tributaries.