Aral Sea (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea - notice the 1960 outline in pale yellow before starting the 2000-2018 playback) and Lake Chad i'd say even more startling.

The after photo is actually _up_ substantially from 2022.

you can also see a massive solar plant in red in the bottom right

(and maybe also wind - although why they would both be red is beyond me)

I'm more intrigued at the increased green of the landscape at large, did the water supply actually improve to encourage more plant growth?

this is because we siphon water from rivers, mostly for agriculture