Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

By Alexander Heilner

On 8 July 2008

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Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

These homes are part of the Palm Jumeirah development, the first of several enormous artificial islands being built off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

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39 Responses

  • Christopher Long

    On 8 July 2008 Christopher Long gave props:

    Stunning capture!

  • Bryan Jozefowicz

    On 8 July 2008 Bryan Jozefowicz gave props:

    Very cool! my vote

  • On 8 July 2008 Charles Bertoia gave props:

    Very interesting view. Amazing how they are doing those manmade islands.

  • On 10 July 2008 Jennifer Galler said:

    This is absolutely insane, what next, will they artificially engineer perfect people to live in these houses???

  • Janice Mezzacappa

    On 10 July 2008 Janice Mezzacappa gave props:

    Incredible!

  • Michael Goermann

    On 10 July 2008 Michael Goermann gave props:

    Funtastic! Rich people living like sardines ;)

  • On 10 July 2008 Abbey Cahill said:

    I wonder is this is what our gas money is going towards. It's really cool, but I don't want to pay for someone else to invest that money and get even richer. Great shot though. I bet it was pretty neat to fly over that and see the whole thing.

  • On 10 July 2008 william stafford said:

    They look like Tennis bracelets on display from this height. Very cool.

  • Robin Jerstad

    On 10 July 2008 Robin Jerstad said:

    An awesome image. Hope it is a profitable one for you!

  • On 10 July 2008 Isabel Batteria said:

    Intriguing image. Impossible not to be amazed at all the prefabricated houses. They all look the same!

  • On 10 July 2008 Kanting Tsai said:

    what an ocean view (redefined), from those houses.

  • On 10 July 2008 robert ward gave props:

    awesome shot!...but it would suck to run outta gas on one of those islands....hehe

  • On 10 July 2008 michael burgess said:

    cool pic. I would be depressed to live in a neighborhood like that.

  • On 10 July 2008 Jennifer Wyatt said:

    Nice McMansions . Sad that people were actually sucked into that "beachfront property" greed-scam.
    Neat photo. Nice angle.

  • On 10 July 2008 Leslie Granda-Hill said:

    I have never seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing!

  • Eckie Prater

    On 10 July 2008 Eckie Prater said:

    No boats. No one swimming. No wind surfers. No waves. No trees. Some houses have pools.

  • Ashley St. John

    On 10 July 2008 Ashley St. John gave props:

    great composition!

  • Alexandra Klasinski

    On 10 July 2008 Alexandra Klasinski gave props:

    awesome!

  • Alexander Heilner

    On 10 July 2008 Alexander Heilner said:

    Eckie - Almost all of the houses have pools. You can't really see them in this view. In fairness, I think many of the owners haven't started using the houses yet; the trunk section of the island is still under heavy construction (luxury hotels and condos), though property owners are allowed through to get to their homes. A monorail is being built through the center of the island which will connect to another being built through central Dubai!

  • Klaus Girk

    On 10 July 2008 Klaus Girk gave props:

    What a great photo.

  • Marie Wilson

    On 10 July 2008 Marie Wilson gave props:

    congrats on photo of the week!

  • Mario Scattoloni

    On 10 July 2008 Mario Scattoloni gave props:

    Madness really .... well I suggest they finish this soon & best get the most out of these homes B-4 the sea level raises or possibly dries out or heaven help them should a tsunami soon hit this aera...

  • Kelly Wren

    On 10 July 2008 Kelly Wren said:

    So futuristic. Never thought I'd see anything like this in my lifetime. Thanks for sharing.

  • Marie Wilson

    On 10 July 2008 Marie Wilson gave props:

    Just voted for you!

  • Patricia Green

    On 10 July 2008 Patricia Green said:

    wow! everyone has beachfront property.

  • On 10 July 2008 Deb Bailey said:

    Nice shot. This makes Levittown (spelling?) look like a quaint English village!

  • Thomas Beckmann

    On 10 July 2008 Thomas Beckmann gave props:

    This looks so SICK. Hmmm, what can they do with all that sand ?

  • On 10 July 2008 David Taylor gave props:

    Terrific shot!

  • On 10 July 2008 Shane Butler gave props:

    fantastic, these aerials are amazing. the compositions are beautiful

  • Bill Hathaway

    On 10 July 2008 Bill Hathaway said:

    I'd rather take the quaint English village. Being a country man through and through this is not for me. Nice photo though Alex.

  • Jesse Millan

    On 10 July 2008 Jesse Millan said:

    great photo, strange place

  • Tricia Bergland

    On 11 July 2008 Tricia Bergland said:

    Great shot but such a contrived environment. I wonder if they are going to put all the pretty people in those perfect boxes... Very strange place.

  • Jacqueline Deavenport

    On 11 July 2008 Jacqueline Deavenport said:

    Astounding!

  • On 11 July 2008 Ian Arridge said:

    Yeah the photo rocks, but the islands suck! They are destroying the ecosystem of the coast!

  • Henrique Pousão

    On 13 July 2008 Henrique Pousão gave props:

    Incredible photo, the angle you got is perfect.I was wondering why these people never give one cent to international help, now I can see, they need it to destroy they're coast line. We don´t now how to stop our CO2 emissions and look where that money goes.

  • Jocelyn Allen

    On 14 July 2008 Jocelyn Allen said:

    i love it but i find it very scary at the same time just because of how symmetrical it looks really
    amazing picture :)

  • Florin C.

    On 15 July 2008 Florin C. said:

    Ah yes, so that's where our oil money ends up! Superb shot.

  • Shannon Dagher

    On 22 July 2008 Shannon Dagher gave props:

    Can't think of a better example of urban geometry. I love this shot. :)

  • Tom O'brien

    On 19 August 2008 Tom O'brien gave props:

    bravo sir!

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