Nasa picture suggests Dubai globe is sinking back into the sea
This is how the world looks like according to ambitious engineers in Dubai, but it is starting to look rather ragged around the edges.
The stunning image of the man-made archipelago was taken by an astronaut far above our Earth on the International Space Station.
It shows the World Islands development (on the right), sitting in shallow waters just off Dubai's coast.
When the project was launched in 2003, it was hoped that celebrities and the super-rich would snap up the 300 islands, which made up a map of the globe. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were even said to be thinking about buying Ethiopia.
Nakheel Properties created the foundations within five years, from 11billion cubic feet of sand and 47 million tonnes of rock. However, now it looks like the project will never be completed.
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