Palm Islands of Dubai

by ebinhabeeb | October 9, 2008 at 01:34 am
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The only of its kind on earth. The Palm Islands in Dubai are the three largest artificial islands in the world. You wont be able to believe its beauty unless you behold it with your eyes. Its a strip of island. The concept of an island over here is entirely different. This is not at all natural, but purely human-made. They are known by the names; The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali and The Palm Deira. The Islands are located off the coast of The United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 km of beaches to the city of Dubai.

Nakheel properties, a private property developer group in the emirates are the brains behind the heavens on earth. The Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord, one of the world's specialists in land reclamation has been hired for the celebrated work.

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Amy Judd

I would actually really love to see them with my own eyes.

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ebinhabeeb

yez, its indeed great to see it. if you plan to come down, do let me know... but the effects of this construction are not really interesting. it brings lots of questions into the picture... i wish to discuss them sooner ../.... stay in touch...

lgal3824
lgal3824
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at 11:44 on October 9th, 2008

ebinhabeeb, I like this story. It's good stuff. Just to put things in perspective, here is a link to view one of the islands from an orbiting space station:

http://www.linkinn.com/_Awesome_view_of_Dubai_City_and_The_Palm_Jumeirah_from_space

Awesome!

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iaindxb

Ha Ha, this site is blocked here in Dxb!!!

rumana husain
rumana husain
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at 20:49 on October 9th, 2008

ebinhabeeb, I like this story. It's good stuff. these 'beautiful' palms will instigate a future environmental disaster in that region.

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ebinhabeeb

thanks and am glad to hear your comment. In fact I'm about to open up with some environmental issues regarding this island. Hope to hear from you regularly.

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craigwright76

The effect on the marine life has been hard but everyday you see something new. Hermit crabs, star fish, fish, squid, sea slugs, stingrays all making an appearance recently.

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craigwright76

Moon Wolf. I'm not 'very rich' but live on here. Maybe hoping global warming drowns the full development is a little much.


munty13
munty13
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at 06:31 on October 12th, 2008

ebinhabeeb, I like this story. It's good man made stuff.

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Sputnic

Good stuff, perhaps they will use some of their oil billions to reclaim the desert of Western Sahara, or perhaps just support the many poor, and some orphaned, that dwell there

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Sputnic

Good stuff, perhaps they will use some of their oil billions to reclaim the desert of Western Sahara, or perhaps just support the many poor, and some orphaned, that dwell there

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Sputnic

Good stuff, perhaps they will use some of their oil billions to reclaim the desert of Western Sahara, or perhaps just support the many poor, and some orphaned, that dwell there

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Sputnic

Good stuff, perhaps they will use some of their oil billions to reclaim the desert of Western Sahara, or perhaps just support the many poor, and some orphaned, that dwell there

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Sputnic

Good stuff, perhaps they will use some of their oil billions to reclaim the desert of Western Sahara, or perhaps just support the many poor, and some orphaned, that dwell there

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