An ISS image of Dubai’s excesses

Space Gizmo points to an image taken by an astronaut aboard the ISS of Dubai last month:

You can clearly make out two of the three artificial archipelagoes- Palm Jumeirah and The World.  As well, in the lower right is Burj Khalifa with it’s long shadow, which is easier to make out in the larger version of the image.

About Meng Bomin

Real name Benjamin Main, I am a graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in Biological Chemistry.
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