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English: NASA time-lapse video shows the rate of Dubai's artificial islands growth at one frame per year from 2000 through 2011. In the false-color satellite images making up the video, bare desert is tan, plant-covered land is red, water is black and urban areas are silver.
This time-lapse video shows the rate of Dubai's growth at one frame per year from 2000 through 2011. In the false-colour satellite images making up the video, bare desert is tan, plant-covered land is red, water is black and urban areas are silver. Dune bashing in one of the deserts of Dubai
New Year celebrations [67] and the opening celebration of the Dubai Shopping Festival [68] cancelled in solidarity with Gaza. 29 March: Chechen Yamadayev murdered in Dubai. [20] Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping mall, inaugurated. 1 June: FlyDubai commences operations. September: Red Line (Dubai Metro) begins operating. [1] Almas Tower ...
Dubai is perhaps most well known for land reclamation projects such as the Palm Islands, the World Islands, the Dubai Marina, and the Burj Al Arab. Most major land reclamation projects in Dubai have occurred in the past fifteen years, [when?] and the Burj Al Arab hotel, which is built on a man-made island, was started in 1994 and completed in ...
Rob Whitworth has been cited for his hyperlapse [15] and time-lapse photography and short videos of Asian cities such as Dubai, [15] [16] [19] Istanbul, [20] Shanghai, Pyongyang, [6] [21] [22] Ho Chi Minh [12] [23] [24] and Kuala Lumpur free flow traffic.
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
The "Donald of Dubai" now ranks in the world's 200 richest people with a net worth of $13 billion. Hussain Sajwani joined Trump last week to say he'd invest $20 billion in US data centers.
The city of Dubai is the second most prosperous emirate of the United Arab Emirates, after Abu Dhabi, and with a cosmopolitan population of 1.6 million. Dubai shares a range of characteristics with other tiger economies including a sustained double-digit GDP growth rate since 1994. In 2004 Dubai's GDP grew 17%, mostly in the non-oil sectors. [1]