Palm Jumeirah and the World Islands are highlighted in this astronaut photograph.
在这张太空照片中,朱美拉棕榈岛和世界岛引人注目。
Palm Jumeirah (image lower left) was begun in 2001 and required more than 50 million cubic meters of dredged sand to raise the islands above the Persian Gulf sea level.
The state-owned conglomerate is behind some of the Gulf emirate’s most ambitious ventures of recent years, including the Palm Jumeirah residential resort.
Construction of the Palm Jumeirah islands was completed in 2006; the islands are now being developed for residential and commercial housing and infrastructure.
朱美拉岛已经于2006年建成,正在上面建设住宅区、商业楼宇和相应的基础设施。
David Beckham and Brad Pitt are believed to be among the celebrities and sportsmen who bought villas in Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, a luxury development that juts out into the Gulf.