Sheikh Carves His Name In Desert So It's Visible From Space

While it isn't as cool as carving his name on the surface of the moon with a giant heat ray, Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Ahyan's enormous signature is quite an accomplishment nonetheless. Measuring 1,000 meters high and two miles long, the sheiks name is now visible from space. From the article: "And rather than allow the writing to be washed away by the ocean, the letters actually form waterways that absorb the encroaching tide.The ruler's name is even visible on Google's map service. Hamad dreamed up the idea and had his workmen toil for weeks to craft the enormous piece of sand graffiti. It is not known how much it cost to make."

Comments

Meters and miles?

[smooth wombat]

1,000 meters high is a kilometer, yet the length is given in miles.

Didn't NASA have a problem when they didn't convert from metric to standard?

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[ganhawk]

>Who are we to judge any of the areas outside EUSia?

We are humans. Being treated as slaves is not something any human would want to happen to them.

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[CharlyFoxtrot]

That's the local culture.

Who are we to judge any of the areas outside EUSia?

It's called the universal declaration of human rights for a reason. Like the americans say "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." This is actually one of the few achievements of western, and indeed human, culture worth fighting for.