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The Palm Island - Dubai

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Dubai is not known for doing things by halves, and the man-made palm islands you'll find here illustrate this fact. You may have heard a lot about the Palm Jumeirah recently as it has been in the news with the grand opening of the Atlantis Hotel being broadcast to the world. On the palms you will find luxurious hotels, stylish shopping malls and some really impressive tourist attractions. When you are here, it's quite difficult to believe these islands didn't exist ten years ago.

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World biggest water fountain in Dubai

In an announcement that surprised absolutely no one, Dubai has voiced its intention of building the world's largest and fanciest water fountain (not of the drinking variety.

Costing a whopping $281 million, the new fountains will shoot water 450 feet into the air and pump 22,000 gallons of water through it at any given time. 6,600 lights and 50 projectors will shoot video and images onto the spray as its in the air...
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