Earlier this month the still-incomplete Burj Dubai building in Dubai officially surpassed the height of all other buildings, towers and masts worldwide, making it the tallest man-made structure on the planet. Currently standing at a staggering 688 m, construction of…

The Burj Dubai, upon completion, will be the tallest man-made structure on the face of the planet. Here we can see it in a relatively early stage. From the [timeline of pictures] on Wikipedia, this image looks to have been…

Possibly the most ambitious of Dubai’s land reclamation projects, The World is an archipelago of 300 islands laid out to represent countries of the world. The first developed island is owned by Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher. The $7 million…

For some unknown reason somebody is carving giant letters ‘HA’ into a sand bar near Abu Dhabi. The 500m tall water letters are very neat but it’s a lot of effort just to laugh into space. Perhaps it’s just the…

Google Earth Blog reports that Google Earth has had a huge imagery update with satellite and aerial pics across the globe. The images haven’t made their way into Maps yet, so if you click the image below you’ll just get…

The Al Jazira Hotel & Resort is located on a man-made 7km private channel between the Emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. From the satellite photo it is clear that the hotel boasts a couple of tennis courts, a helipad,…