Photo #: ISS010-E-22273 Date: Apr. 2005 Geographic Region: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Feature: PALM ISLAND MANMADE RESORT |
Palm Island Resort, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Palm Island is a resort 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 17 huge fronds (leaves) framed by a 12-kilometer protective barrier. When completed, the resort will sport 2000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, cinemas, and other facilities. An earlier image, shot by astronauts with a handheld camera in 2003, shows the outline of the palm nearing completion. Two years later, the palm appears in its all its glory to passing space travelers. It has so far required over 50 million cubic meters of sand to raise it above the sea surface. Palm Island is the last of three major developments designed to transform the Dubai coastline into a major coastal metropolitan area and tourist destination. When completed, the resort is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 370k |
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Mission: | ISS010 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 22273 |
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Geographical Name: | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
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Features: | PALM ISLAND MANMADE RESORT |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 25.0N x 55.0E |
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Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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Camera:: | E4 |
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Camera Tilt: | 40 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 800 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
Stereo?: | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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Orbit Number: | 363 |
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Date: | 20050401 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 135223 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 22.4N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 55.9E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 272 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 194 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 8 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, ISLAND, MOON |
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Water Views: | GULF, SEA |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | RESORT |
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City Views: | DUBAI |
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