File:Palm Island Resort.jpg
Summary
The resort <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Palm_Jumeirah" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm Jumeirah">Palm Jumeirah</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai" class="extiw" title="w:Dubai">Dubai</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" class="extiw" title="w:United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, is featured in this image photographed by Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> in 2005. The resort is under construction on reclaimed land silhouetted against the dark waters of Dubai’s Persian Gulf coast. Advertised as "being visible from the Moon," this man-made palm-shaped structure displays 16 huge fronds framed by a 12-kilometer protective barrier. When completed, the resort will sport 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, cinemas, and other facilities. When completed, the resort is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people.
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current | 03:36, 4 January 2017 | 1,334 × 954 (549 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The resort <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Palm_Jumeirah" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm Jumeirah">Palm Jumeirah</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai" class="extiw" title="w:Dubai">Dubai</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" class="extiw" title="w:United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, is featured in this image photographed by Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> in 2005. The resort is under construction on reclaimed land silhouetted against the dark waters of Dubai’s Persian Gulf coast. Advertised as "being visible from the Moon," this man-made palm-shaped structure displays 16 huge fronds framed by a 12-kilometer protective barrier. When completed, the resort will sport 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, cinemas, and other facilities. When completed, the resort is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. |
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- Artificial island
- Dubai World
- Economy of the Middle East
- Murray and Roberts Holdings
- Palm Islands
- Palm Jumeirah
- Portal:Business and economics/Selected picture/December 2009
- Portal:Business and economics/Selected picture/January 2010
- Portal:Business and economics/Selected picture/December 2009
- Portal:Business and economics/Selected picture/January 2010