Lake Kara is the largest of the six lakes in Band-e-Amir national park.
Another lake in the park.
Wildlife Conservation Society's scientist Chris Shank with two Afghan park guards.
A person stands at the top of one of the travertine dams that make up the series of six lakes.
To learn more about the park, go here.
| Terry, TX |
April 24th, 2009 12:24 pm ET Beautiful Pictures. |
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| Lavan |
April 24th, 2009 12:29 pm ET haha thats understandable when we are not able to maintain a private jet we need such plan to pay our credits , ppl need food , place and dress first then lets think abt park |
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| diane |
April 24th, 2009 12:57 pm ET Interesting national park in Afghanistan. But there's no greenery. Are those rock formations? And why now? did they budget to improve this park or is it a natural and they just now decided to make it into a national park? |
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| S.A. |
April 24th, 2009 1:01 pm ET Beautiful!!! |
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| robyncaffrey keyser west virginia 26726 |
April 24th, 2009 1:29 pm ET ooo my god " is this far from the " afghanistan living populations ) this is what they need ( a place to go with there familys what a beautyfull sight " |
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| Sean Bell |
April 24th, 2009 1:49 pm ET Wow! Every picture of Afghanistan I've seen looks like the surface of the moon, no green, no blue just barren as far as the eye can see. It's nice to know there are some pleasant places in that country. |
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| Joey Niebrugge |
April 24th, 2009 2:26 pm ET Thank you for posting these stunning pictures. In the midst of the doom and gloom that has so strangled our current newscasts, it is a welcome respite. |
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| Dee |
April 24th, 2009 2:51 pm ET Simply beautiful! |
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| Isabel |
April 24th, 2009 3:33 pm ET Beautiful images! It is great to see news about Afghanistan so differents of war, death, suffering, atrocities! |
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| zohra |
April 24th, 2009 8:10 pm ET there is nature and peacfull beauty in such a country where there was never peace for its people to enjoy going to these places. |
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| Annie Kate |
April 24th, 2009 9:30 pm ET How beautiful. Hopefully Afghanistan can attract tourism business with their national park once the fighting is over. The pictures are magnificient. |
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| Khwaja Mohammad Masood |
April 25th, 2009 12:01 am ET Well it’s so beautiful and I wish that the international community help and support Afghanistan for exploring more locations in this country, and thanks to CNN especially the AC360.com for broadcasting these pictures. Thanks |
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| lenelosaria |
April 25th, 2009 9:07 am ET Breathtaking! It is a different story on Afghanistan. |
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| Erica |
April 25th, 2009 12:44 pm ET Incredible! My sister is in Afghanistan for the Army and even though I worry about her everyday, it's nice to know that she can see some beauty in a place filled with ugliness. |
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| Tom |
April 26th, 2009 6:59 am ET Looks like Planet of the Apes scenary, but if it works for them Great!! |
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| Vivian |
April 26th, 2009 9:35 am ET Thanks for highlighting such beautiful and untouched lakes in Afghanistan. Simply amazing. |
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| Gloria, Brooklyn, NY |
April 26th, 2009 12:05 pm ET So refreshing! |
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| nora |
April 27th, 2009 9:57 am ET Absolutely beautiful! We can see God's creation everywhere. |
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| Ana-Laredo TX |
April 27th, 2009 1:33 pm ET Thanks AC360 crew for sharing the awesome pictures! |
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