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![]() ![]() I am absolutely speechless: "Dubai has thrown a spectacular light show to celebrate a new $1.5bn marine-themed resort built off the Gulf coast on an artificial island in the shape of a palm tree. Organisers claimed that the fireworks display for the $20m party could be seen from space," the BBC says. In fact it made no sense when seen from land just smoke and fire 4 minute video of fireworks and "Behold Atlantis rising" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FonYArIFmf8 ![]() The Palm Jumeirah increased Dubai's shoreline by 100 percent after work started on it in 2001. It features resort hotels, homes, luxury shopping and entertainment. ![]() Though the entire island officially opened Thursday, parts of it already opened weeks ago -- including the Atlantis, The Palm, a sister to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. The Atlantis played host to the opening celebration Thursday night. Stars including Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Robert De Niro, Janet Jackson and the Duchess of York were in attendance. Pop star Kylie Minogue performed at the party. advertisement ![]() Stargate Atlantis Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra started what was billed as the world's largest-ever fireworks display, with more than 100,000 pyrotechnic devices. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A huge man-made island shaped like a date palm tree opened Thursday off the coast of Dubai with a celebrity-studded gala and a three-day party. When work on the island began, a team of Dutch engineers were employed to create the Palm by using a technique called rainbowing -- a vessel dredging sand from the seabed and spraying and piling it onto the desired area and into the requested shape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eUcR...eature=related 4 minutes The World Islands, are a collection of man-made islands shaped into the continents of the world, located off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands. Last edited by judykott; 02-17-2009 at 11:23 PM. |
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Did that really come up out of the water.or was that specail effects.
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DUBAI: is building another masterpiece structure shaped like a pyramid. The structure called Ziggurat will house nearly one million people and will be self-sustainable with all natural-energy sources. Like the pyramids of the Mayans and Egyptians, this new structure in Dubai is a giant; it will cover 2.3 square kilometers (0.88 square miles) and will be able to sustain a community of up to one million people.
The “Ziggurat” is named after the temple towers of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, a terraced pyramid structure with successively receding stories. It will be a carbon-neutral structure.- Digital Journal ![]() DUBAI: Falcon City is aiming to break some records as some of its attractions are set to be bigger than the original landmarks. With a total project value of Dh7.5 million and shaped like a falcon when seen from above, it incorporates not only residential units, hotels and a theme park, but there will also be imitations of world-famous landmarks. ![]() These include the Eiffel Tower, Pyramids of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Venice, leaning tower of Pisa and the Taj Mahal. The Eiffel Tower is set to be 20 metres taller than the original in Paris. The largest pyramid will be approximately 40 storeys and 150 metres high, slightly taller than Khufu's, the largest of the three pyramids in Egypt. Salem Al Moosa, Chairman of Falconcity said, "The Great Wall of China will stretch approximately 1.7 km but this figure could change depending on developments within the theme park." - Gulf News |
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Hey judy,i'm going to work on your other request. Can you count the number of days from the Atlantis rising event to july 4 this year, and also to galactic center 2012. Also see if you can find out what time did the emergence take place from the water. This will help us out alot, because all events are reflecting mirrors of something future.
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http://www.atlantisthepalm.com/grandopening.aspx
Check out this video of the opening Phoenix, Horses, Palm Tree shaped island, dragons, floating eyeball pretty wild stuff This video shows how they built the Palm shaped island it was just water ther so they did in a sense bring atlantis out of the water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ykZ2...eature=related the event was on Nov 20, 2008 the fireworks were somewhere between 12:22am and over by 12:48am that is the best I can find out so far |
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225 days from Nov 20,2008 -July 4,2009 if you include the 4th not sure if you wanted it included
1492 days from Nov 20,2008-December 21, 2012 that is counting the 21 In December Last edited by judykott; 02-18-2009 at 08:21 AM. |
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I read somewhere that the palm stands for Osiris, a metaphor for his penis , and something about virlity and god in union with Isis, I'll see if I can find that and the opening for the building is definately in that culture representative of the female
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The palm tree is a symbol of victory over death, immortality. |
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amidst grand ceremony
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Atlantis Resort at Palm Jumeirah The official launch ceremony of the Atlantis at Palm Jumeirah has created landmarks in Dubai. The entire island of the Palm Jumeirah and its flagship resort Atlantis, The Palm, were lit up with a display of fireworks tonight, which marked the official launch of this iconic landmark resort. A note-worthy guest line of 2000 or more from across the globe were seen during the inaugural ceremony, including the music legend -Kylie Minogue, the Middle East pop sensation -Nawal, Bollywood actoress -Priyanka Chopra, Mary-Kate Olsen, Charlize Theron, Lindsay Lohan, Agyness Deyn, Petra Nemcova, Dame Shirley Bassey, John Abraham, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Janet Jackson, Robert DeNiro, Mischa Barton, Michael Jordan, Bipasha Basu, Boris Becker, The Duchess of York, the Dubai Royal Family and Lily Allen. The display of fireworks across the full 520 kilometers stretch of Palm Jumeirah, lit up the entire island and Atlantis resort, creating a display visible from space. Custom-made shells shipped in from across the globe, created a light spectacle taking off from the 716 firing locations around the island, including 400 balconies at the resort. The display followed an unprecedented high definition video illumination sequence, beginning with the Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, who enacted as The Goddess of Atlantis. Guests dined on signature dished made by the multi Michelin-starred chefs of the Atlantis. Sol Kerzner, the Chairman and CEO of Kerzner International, said "Atlantis, The Palm is the realization of a vision shared with our partners at Nakheel. Tonight was a landmark event for us, and we thank worldwide guests for coming here to be a part of this occasion." The Chairman of Dubai World and Executive Chairman of Nakheel, H.E. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, said "The partnership between Nakheel and Kerzner is a testament of the belief in Dubai having grown to be one of the top destinations in the world. Atlantis has come to the right place, and we invite all visitors of Dubai to revel in the magnificent entertainment, hospitality and service it has to offer." The guests also had the opportunity to rejoice themselves in the various activities that the resort had to offer, including the Aquaventure Water Park, Dolphin Bay, Atlantis Spa, The Lost Chambers, and the Royal Pool of the resort. An exclusive cocktail party was hosted in the Royal Towers Lobby, and the even concluded with a culinary tour dinner on Friday night at the resort's restaurants, followed by an after party at the private night club, Sanctuary, at the resort. Last edited by THE eXchanger; 02-18-2009 at 07:59 AM. |
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this is rather interesting on the place
http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum...ic.php?t=46048 quite a fire / dates-times etc., on link above Last edited by THE eXchanger; 02-18-2009 at 08:02 AM. |
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What part got cancelled ? The Hotel is open , those are video's of the openings,the water park is open , the other ones were just video's of projects on the slate.
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Thanks for clarification on the palm tree, there are so many definitions on symbols and what they mean how do figure out which is appropriate?
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Judy, thanks for starting this great thread, great video of the Rashid Gardens project. I hadn't seen that before.
I was based in Dubai for eleven years till last year, having first gone there in 1990. A great city, and worth a visit for anyone who has never been. It is already a world city, having developed in an incredibly short time from virtually no more than a desert village when i was first there. It is safe and welcoming, and has an amazing cross section of the world's population there, who largely live in complete harmony. Sadly it has been recently hit by a huge economic downturn, inevitable as it got over hyped and over-extended, but in a year or two it will recover. The Sheikhs there are true visionaries. |
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