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Dubai Urbanization Timelapse

submitted by demon_ix

1 decade 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago

Time Shift

Satellite images of Dubai over a long period of time, showing the "construction" of a massive artificial island shaped like a palm tree.

2 Comments

geo321

says...

wow, that video's moving way too fast for me. It's hard to see the pace of development. lol. anyway i read that the desalinization process being used in dubai is so expensive (since they're irrigating a desert) that water is more expensive than oil to them. But I'd still like to visit some day.

rougy

says...

I heard from a friend that an American can get very wealthy in Dubai, very quickly, doing even fairly menial office work. Like $65k/year free and clear, or more depending on which outfit you hook up with. I think professionals like engineers and such make quite a bit more, probably double that.

But you've really got to be careful because that society is still about as backwards as backwards can get.