Man made islands in Dubai

[AC Transit]

i saw this show on the National Geographic channel about this man made island/resorts over in dubai. Its pretty crazy...

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/palm_islands.php

 

[eastbayrider510]

yea aint these the ones that they are making into the shape of the U.S.?...they were saying hella celebrities are already buying them even though there not finished buliding them....damn thats money to spend on sum friviless shyt...

 

[ReKz]

i saw this show on the National Geographic channel about this man made island/resorts over in dubai. Its pretty crazy...

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php

http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/palm_islands.php

yea....Dubai is fuckin crazy....they got hella shit going on over there......theyre planning the world's first underwater hotel, its called Hydropolis and theyre also gonna have the world's tallest building....which could be anywhere from 2300 to almost 3000 ft tall (no official height yet),its already under construction....check it out : Burj Dubai

 

[DEEJAECEE]

DAMN!

 

[Ry]

Dubai makes Las Vegas look crappy in comparison!!!

 

[iaoish]

yea aint these the ones that they are making into the shape of the U.S.?...they were saying hella celebrities are already buying them even though there not finished buliding them....damn thats money to spend on sum friviless shyt...

not the US. they are making the whole globe over in Dubai

if you got a couple of mill. to spare you can buy a island

 

[3xLaZY]

yeah that shit's craaazy...they're making 1 or 2 that are in the shape of palm trees too. i can't even imagine how sick that shit's gonna be...just wait til i win the lottery muthafuckers!!

 

[ReKz]

If anybody is interested in seeing more of the shit they are building over there check out this page : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=377

Heres a pic with all 5 island projects (3 Palms, The World and Dubai Waterfront)

 

[Senchent]

i heard about those disneyland style islands but i didnt know the whole place was like that. that's crazy. i like how u look 1.5 miles down the road from the coast n there's nuthin but sand lol.

 

[AC Transit]

the show was called mega structures on NGC - while watching this i just couldn't help to think this is a disaster, a la alantis, waiting to happen.

if those outer rings decay, then the whole inner islands sink