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Sheikh Hamad name written on earth kilometer letters and visible from space
Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan ruling family hails from Abu Dhabi wrote his name kilometer letters, which can be seen even from space. In this way, one of the richest people in the world has decided to perpetuate itself.
63-year-old rich man wanted to have his name in the four kilometers long and one kilometer wide laid out on the island he owns Al Futaisi. The unique "signature" that is visible from space and on maps GoogleMap, appeared on the island in the Persian Gulf, five kilometers from Abu Dhabi.
Price autograph is unknown, but we can assume that he has managed Hamad cheap. The inscription was so broad that not all the letters fit on the island. Extending beyond the land portion had enclose letters in water in order to designate their contours. To prevent water washed away the giant letters, they did drainage trenches, which absorb water.
Coordinates in Google-ITA
Source: sfw.org.ua
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