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Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 5:35pm On Sep 04, 2016
Few decades ago, all of these were desert, now turned to a sparkling and glittering city. The fastest growing desert city on the planet, Dubai.

Building a city like this in one of the hottest and inhospitable places on earth seems impossible. So how did the engineers do it?






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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by kingreign(m): 5:38pm On Sep 04, 2016
Space booked wink
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by jmichlins(m): 5:40pm On Sep 04, 2016
i just dey book my location. I wish people will see the mistake of the leaders of this nation with oil
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by herald9: 5:48pm On Sep 04, 2016
Watch the documentary in EXTREME ENGINEERING on Discovery Channel some months ago.

It was amazing.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by augster(m): 5:51pm On Sep 04, 2016
*Drives in a benz 230
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 5:51pm On Sep 04, 2016
8am in Dubai, temperature can reach up to 100F and the city's most visible and amazing structure is the Burj Khalifa. Half a mile high(2,717ft), the tallest building on earth. Up to 35,00 people can live and work in this gigantic building.

About 200,000 gallons of water for this building alone per day.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by upsyLi(m): 5:52pm On Sep 04, 2016
Grabs a seat and waits for "Explorers the wicked thread producer"

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 5:58pm On Sep 04, 2016
Getting this amount of water in one of the driest places on earth is a huge challenge.

There are no rivers in the city and it hardly rain, but Dubai has lots of water in use and in display. How is this possible?

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Nobody: 6:03pm On Sep 04, 2016
How do dey get water

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 6:05pm On Sep 04, 2016
About two million years ago, Dubai was really a wet place with mighty rivers flowing. But over time, temperature rose and the rivers ran dry.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Electronzeez(m): 6:07pm On Sep 04, 2016
Make I sky dive enter this thread . All thanks to gravity .

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Electronzeez(m): 6:09pm On Sep 04, 2016
upsyLi:
Grabs a seat and waits for "Explorers the wicked thread producer"

Explorers pass young john for this one grin.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by donephi(m): 6:10pm On Sep 04, 2016
This is really remarkable. This is where law and order are implemented and not for selected people
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 6:10pm On Sep 04, 2016
But the water didnt all vanish, as desert consumes the area, some of the rivers moved underground. Today, the rivers are still flowing in the rocks deep under city. But its not enough to meet the demands of the expanding metropolis.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by hahn(m): 6:10pm On Sep 04, 2016
Nigeria will be like this one day.

Just don't hold your breath tongue
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by hahn(m): 6:12pm On Sep 04, 2016
Explorers:
About two million years ago, Dubai was really a wet place with mighty rivers flowing. But over time, temperature rose and the rivers ran dry.

But the bible says the world is only 6,000 years old na undecided

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by CAPSLOCKED: 6:13pm On Sep 04, 2016
hahn:

But the bible says the world is only 6,000 years old na undecided

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Funjosh(m): 6:13pm On Sep 04, 2016
hahn:


But the bible says the world is only 6,000 years old na undecided





That's Science not the BIBLE.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 6:18pm On Sep 04, 2016
Today the city relies on huge desalination plant that turns sea water to fresh water(550 million US gallons per day).

Pumping the water around the city and skyscrappers like the Burj Khalifa is another huge challenge for the engineers.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by hahn(m): 6:20pm On Sep 04, 2016
Funjosh:






That's Science not the BIBLE.

Science is wrong. Only the word of God is true smiley

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Funjosh(m): 6:23pm On Sep 04, 2016
hahn:


Science is wrong. Only the word of God is true smiley







To decide right or wrong depends on the individual listening because non of us were present back then

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Tunechi1(m): 6:23pm On Sep 04, 2016
Make i buy this hectare here

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by hahn(m): 6:26pm On Sep 04, 2016
Funjosh:








To decide right or wrong depends on the individual listening because non of us were present back then

Seriously? undecided
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Funjosh(m): 6:26pm On Sep 04, 2016
hahn:


Seriously? undecided



No Sir grin
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by hahn(m): 6:27pm On Sep 04, 2016
Funjosh:




No Sir grin

grin
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 6:30pm On Sep 04, 2016
Using a single giant pumping machine to pump water to the top of Burj Khalifa could be dangerous(163 floors).

Forcing water up to this high level take extreme pressure which could make the pump/pipes explode.

So the engineers pump the water up in stages. First to the huge reservoir on the 48th floor and to another floor till it reaches the top of the building. Getting to the top, the water easily flows back down for the demand of the inhabitants.

Almost a quater million of gallons of water pass through the building per day.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by CAPSLOCKED: 6:31pm On Sep 04, 2016
hahn:

Science is wrong. Only the word of God is true smiley
PRAISE BE TO GOD, AMEN.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by blessedvisky(m): 6:31pm On Sep 04, 2016
DrWiz:


But the bible says the world is only 6,000 years old na undecided
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 6:34pm On Sep 04, 2016
Engineers use this same technology to pump water around the city with huge pipes buried deep under the city hidden from the scorching sun. This supplies each citizen about 145 gallons of water each day.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Eleniyan15: 6:47pm On Sep 04, 2016
I came here with A G-Wagon
Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Explorers(m): 6:50pm On Sep 04, 2016
Another massive challenge is keeping Dubai's skyscrapers standing tall on the soft desert sand around the city. Dubai is one of the toughest places in the world to construct skyscrapers.

The foundation/pillars need solid rocks to rest on which goes down deep to avoid sinking of the building. To reach the bedrock, engineers must drill over 150ft of sand deep down and pour into each hole about 100tons of concrete with steel cages. This hardens to a rigid pillar called the foundation pile.

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Re: Jewel In The Desert: A Trip To Dubai, Most Amazing Desert City On Earth. by Gosj01(m): 6:53pm On Sep 04, 2016
#Orire is here!

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