Slightly enhanced, then tweeted photo by European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst. His phrase was "A village in Kazakhstan, I believe", to which I added "tricky one to ID: pinned (temporarily) east of the Aral Sea; improvement appreciated". Well, as of today - 22 June 2025 - found the location! See the red-AG pin south of the Aral Sea on the interactive map https://isspix.com/ISS055056. Old pin is east of Aral Sea.

In wandering through some older maps of pics by astronauts, I re-found this one by #ESA astronaut #AlexGerst. The pin's pop-up text is "A village in Kazakhstan, I believe {tricky one to ID: pinned (temporarily) east of the Aral Sea; improvement appreciated}". Well, "temporary" no more; this ... 1/2