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العربية: مدينة دُبي هي أضخم مُدن منطقة الخليج العربي، وهي تقع في إمارةٍ تحملُ اسمها بِدولة الإمارات العربيَّة المُتحدة. حصدت المدينة سُمعة مهيبة حول العالم بِفضل مشاريعها الاقتصاديَّة والعُمرانيَّة الهائلة المُميزة التي جعلها موضع استقطابٍ كبير. من أبرز تلك المشاريع العُمرانيَّة—وبالأخص تلك التي يُمكن لِروَّاد الفضاء المُتمركزين في المحطة الفضائيَّة الدُوليَّة أن يروها—هي تلك الأرخبيلات الثلاثة بشريَّة الصُنع. تظهر جزيرتا النخيل (نخلة الجُميرة ونخلة جبل علي) وكأنهما منطبقتان على أسلوبٍ مُعيَّن عند النظر إليها من أعلى. أمَّا جُزر العالم فتستحضر خارطة العالم بالنسبة للناظر إليها من عُلوّ- أو عند التقاط صورةٍ لها من الفضاء. نخلة الجُميرة وجُزر العالم تظهرا في هذه الصورة التي التقطها الرائد الفضائي.

شُرع بالعمل على جزيرة نخلة الجُميرة (أسفل اليسار) في سنة 2001 وتطلَّب إنشائها أكثر من 50 مليون متر مُكعَّب من الرمال المجروفة لِرفع الجزيرة فوق مُستوى مياه الخليج العربي. اكتُمل العمل على هذه الجزيرة في سنة 2006؛ وفي الوقت الحالي يتم تطوير كِلا الجزيرتين للاستيطان البشري عبر تزويدها بما يلزم من البُنى التحتيَّة. ابتدأ العمل على إنشاء جُزر العالم البالغ عددها 300 جزيرة (أعلى اليمين) في سنة 2003 واكتملت سنة 2008، وتطلَّبت 320 متر مُكعَّب من الرمال و37 مليون طن من الصُخور لِتشييد الحاجز كاسر الأمواج المُحيط بها والبالغ طوله 27 كيلومترًا. بالكاد تُظهرُ هذه الصورة أيَّة أعمال تطوير أو إنشاء للبُنى التحتيَّة على الجُزر سالفة الذِكر.

أيضًا يظهر في الطرف السُفلي للصورة معلمٌ آخر بارز—وهو بُرج خليفة(أسفل يمين الصورة بعد تدويرها بِحوالي 90 درجة). يرتفع بُرج خليفة 800 متر (2,600 قدم)، وهو حاليًّا أطول مبنى في العالم. تُظهرُ الصُورة جُزءًا بسيطًا من البُرج يكفي للتعرُّف عليه، وهو شكله المُستدق المُخطط وكذلك ظلِّه القاتم الأشبه بالإبرة والذي يتوجَّه ناحية الشمال الشرقي.
English: The municipality of Dubai is the largest city of the Persian Gulf emirate of the same name, and has built a global reputation for large-scale developments and architectural works. Among the most visible of these developments—particularly from the perspective of astronauts on board the International Space Station—are three human-made archipelagos. The two Palm Islands (Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali) appear as stylized palm trees when viewed from above. The World Islands evoke a rough map of the world from an air- or space-borne perspective. Palm Jumeirah and the World Islands are highlighted in this astronaut photograph.

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. Construction of the Palm Jumeirah islands was completed in 2006; the islands are now being developed for residential and commercial housing and infrastructure. Creation of the 300 World Islands (image upper right) was begun in 2003 and completed in 2008, using 320 million cubic meters of sand and 37 million tonnes of rock for the surrounding 27-kilometer-long protective breakwater. Little to no infrastructure development of The World is apparent in this astronaut photograph.

Also visible at the lower edge of the astronaut photograph is another notable structure—the Burj Khalifa (image lower right and rotated 90 degrees in inset). Burj Khalifa stands 800 meters (2,600 feet) high, and it is currently the world’s tallest structure. The astronaut photograph captures enough detail to make out the tapering outline of the building as well as its dark, needle-like shadow pointing towards the northeast.


International Space Station InsigniaISS Crew Earth Observations: ISS022-E-24940International Space Station Insignia
Identification
Mission ISS022 (Expedition 22)
Roll E
Frame 24940
Country or Geographic Name UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Features PALM JUMEIRA, THE WORLD I., DUBAI, COAST
Center Point Latitude 25.2° N
Center Point Longitude 55.1° E
Camera
Camera Tilt 27°
Camera Focal Length 400 mm
Camera Nikon D2Xs
Film 4288 x 2848 pixel CMOS sensor, RGBG imager color filter.
Quality
Percentage of Cloud Cover 0-10%
Nadir What is Nadir?
Date 2010-01-13
Time 10:36:12
Nadir Point Latitude 23.9° N
Nadir Point Longitude 54.2° E
Nadir to Photo Center Direction Northeast
Sun Azimuth 216°
Spacecraft Altitude 183 nautical miles (339 km)
Sun Elevation Angle 36°
Orbit Number 3909
Date
Source http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=42477 and http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS022&roll=E&frame=24940
Author Member of the Expedition 22 crew.
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