2000-2011: Eleven Years of Dubais Insane Growth Seen From Space

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Eleven Years of Dubais Insane Growth Seen From Space

We knew Dubai was growing uncontrollably, but this video demonstrates how absolutely crazy this growth has been.

It covers eleven years, from 2000 to 2011. These sheiks and their real estate developers are completely nuts.

Made using images taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA's Terra satellite, the video shows the Palm Islands growing, as well as The World, a constellation of islands resembling planet Earth. [NASA Earth Observatory]

 

[Night_Hawk]

Urbanization of Dubai

[h=4]November 11, 2000[/h]

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[h=4]February 2, 2002[/h]

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[h=4]October 16, 2002[/h]

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[h=4]November 4, 2003[/h]

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[h=4]November 6, 2004[/h]

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[h=4]October 24, 2005[/h]

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[h=4]September 18, 2006[/h]

[h=4]March 4, 2007[/h]

[h=4]November 17, 2008[/h]

[h=4]February 5, 2009[/h]

[h=4]February 8, 2010[/h]

[h=4]April 25, 2011[/h]






To expand the possibilities for beachfront tourist development, Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, undertook a massive engineering project to create hundreds of artificial islands along its Persian Gulf coastline. Built from sand dredged from the sea floor and protected from erosion by rock breakwaters, the islands were shaped into recognizable forms, including two large palm trees. The first Palm Island constructed was Palm Jumeirah, and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASAs Terra satellite observed its progress from 2000 to 2011.
In these false-color images, bare ground appears brown, vegetation appears red, water appears dark blue, and buildings and paved surfaces appear light blue or gray. The first image, acquired in November of 2000, shows the area prior to the islands construction. The image from February 2002, shows the barest beginnings of the artificial archipelago. By October 2002, substantial progress had been made on Palm Jumeirah, with many sandy palm fronds inside a circular breakwater.
By November 2003, the palm tree has been constructed, and buildings and vegetation populate Palm Jumeirah in the images from November 2004, October 2005, September 2006, March 2007, and November 2008. The final image, acquired in February 2011, shows vegetation on most of the palm fronds, and numerous buildings on the tree trunk.
Inland, changes are just as dramatic between November 2000 and February 2011. In the earliest image, empty desert fills the lower right quadrant of the image, as cityscape primarily hugs the coast. As the years pass, urbanization spreads, and the final image shows the area almost entirely filled by roads, buildings, and irrigated land.

• References
• Earth Observatory. (2006, October 22). Palm Islands, Dubai. Accessed April 23, 2009.
• Van Oord. The Making of: Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. Accessed April 23, 2009.
• Wikipedia. (2009, April 18). Palm Islands. Accessed April 23, 2009.

 

[VoteME]

One big wave and that tree is going down.:(

 

[ASQR1]

Money can help u make anything even conquer the occeons, but be carefull when u do that, u must have something to fall back on, in dubai there is no industrial base as it is in west, if time came for crunch than this buble will not last as long as long as Europe has, think about it. Sir the Ameer of Dubai.

 

[jaggu]

One of the most unpleasant places iv ever visited, unfriendly locals, the state poor labourers are in took away the little bit of fun i thought i'll have there, plus there isn much to do anyway. I just wanted to get out n never return. Way up on top of my hate list. a bit off topic i know but you know who did the hard work developing that place.

 

[JonnyDep]

Urbanization of Dubai

November 11, 2000

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February 2, 2002

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October 16, 2002

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November 4, 2003

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November 6, 2004

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October 24, 2005

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September 18, 2006

March 4, 2007

November 17, 2008

February 5, 2009

February 8, 2010

April 25, 2011








To expand the possibilities for beachfront tourist development, Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, undertook a massive engineering project to create hundreds of artificial islands along its Persian Gulf coastline. Built from sand dredged from the sea floor and protected from erosion by rock breakwaters, the islands were shaped into recognizable forms, including two large palm trees. The first Palm Island constructed was Palm Jumeirah, and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASAs Terra satellite observed its progress from 2000 to 2011.
In these false-color images, bare ground appears brown, vegetation appears red, water appears dark blue, and buildings and paved surfaces appear light blue or gray. The first image, acquired in November of 2000, shows the area prior to the islands construction. The image from February 2002, shows the barest beginnings of the artificial archipelago. By October 2002, substantial progress had been made on Palm Jumeirah, with many sandy palm fronds inside a circular breakwater.
By November 2003, the palm tree has been constructed, and buildings and vegetation populate Palm Jumeirah in the images from November 2004, October 2005, September 2006, March 2007, and November 2008. The final image, acquired in February 2011, shows vegetation on most of the palm fronds, and numerous buildings on the tree trunk.
Inland, changes are just as dramatic between November 2000 and February 2011. In the earliest image, empty desert fills the lower right quadrant of the image, as cityscape primarily hugs the coast. As the years pass, urbanization spreads, and the final image shows the area almost entirely filled by roads, buildings, and irrigated land.

• References
• Earth Observatory. (2006, October 22). Palm Islands, Dubai. Accessed April 23, 2009.
• Van Oord. The Making of: Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. Accessed April 23, 2009.
• Wikipedia. (2009, April 18). Palm Islands. Accessed April 23, 2009.

Just Amazing! Wish to go there :)