Fri,Aug 30,2013
 |
| Palm Island (Dubai) Palm Island is piled up by 100 million cubic meters of rocks and sands. A total number of 210 million cubic meters of rock, sand, limestone were dug up for the re-construction of these islands, of which only the outer ring took up 10 million cubic meters of rocks. These rocks are transported over throughout the United Arab Emirates from 16 quarries, and these materials may be sufficient to build a fence around the earth three times. The construction was completed on September 24, 2008.(file photo) |
Edited and translated by Li Xiang, People's Daily Online
 |
World in photos (Aug. 19 - Aug. 25)
Summer travel peak seen in E China 
Army aviation brigade in actual-troop drill
Enjoy mums of early autumn days in Shandong
4th Int'l Sand Sculpting Exhibition held in Canada
Tropical storm Kong-Rey brings heavy rainfalls to Taiwan 
2013 Taiwan Stamp Exhibition opens to public in Taipei
Fresh students 'forced' to register in university independently
Jeremy Lin meets fans in Shanghai, receives birthday cake
Day|Week|Month
