Discovery Channel - Impossible City - Dubai Part 3 of 6

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This hour (43 minutes, No commercials) takes viewers on a journey to explore the eye-popping and often unprecedented engineering feats that are reshaping Dubai into a model for visionary urban development in the 21st century.
Original air date 8/25/08 on Discovery Channel

[@TheSymisland]

INCREDIBLE!! Unique city of Dubai.

[@alexistaylormusic]

wow this is really amazing. i'd love to go see dubai one day .

[@jannicjimym7325]

Awesome dubai

[@airfrance7474]

I love dubai soooooooo much & I love Emirates flight

[@Neosaigo]

I can only hope Dubai never gets hit by a tsunami, even though it's location if fairly well protected from the open sea shore anyways. Good video. :D

[@joeprice010]

thats phenomenal.

[@princessvampie]

that is so awesome! i want to take a tour there someday..

[@8rocky88]

Dubais an awsome city way better than any city in the world,friendly people,nice life,comfortable,dirt cheap for electronics(exception singapore)

[@puggychu]

man incredible achievements

[@8rocky88]

Dubais an awsome city way better than any city in the world,friendly people,nice life,comfortable,dirt cheap for electronics(

[@l337tub]

Hmm I have to agree with that much, but it truly is amazing what they have accomplished.

[@lllovellly]

wow, incredible!!!

[@MadelnJapan]

Just Beautiful

[@MadelnJapan]

Best city

[@bloodshot738]

COOL STORY BRAH'S BUT GOOD LUCK WITH A TSUNAMI

[@JuukezeBarbie]

Brilliant

[@sushanalone]

very good question

[@castvm]

amazing

[@jamme1011]

"The World" is the ultimate symbol of the mirage that is Dubai. The actual islands are eroding and sinking into the sea, prices have dropped more than 50%, almost no houses have been built on them and the state-owned company that constructed this monstrosity had to be bailed out of multi-billion dollar debts.

[@rosarustica123]

I say best, size, say, is a freak of nature ...

[@Iranianoilbourse]

Extremley progressive. I hope our culture and thoughts could progress as far as this then the war would become impossible.

[@missflipz]

Genius !!!!!!

[@michaelandcarina_personal]

The USA should invest in projects like this.

[@Tributorious]

This vibral compaction sounds really fantastic, but shouldn't that make desert sand more compact aswell? Problem solver to erosion?

[@shaindaman13]

Dubai is freaking amazing. It seems very western to me. I wonder if it really seems that way to people there?

[@FreeTigrai]

cool but whats the purpose of having those world shaped islands?

[@prometheus882002]

I see a lot of comments about people wanting to go to Dubai or saying that the city has too much money and should feed the poor or whatever. I have been to Dubai and unless your a millionaire, you spend your day in the rest of the city which consists of crime, poverty, and starvation. I think the first thing should be providing jobs, homes, and food for there own people... then worry about playing in the sand.

[@marekjestcool]

oil runs out then it's going to be fun these new videos of how bad the place is...

[@MrYellowmetal]

R.I.P. shaike Zaied!!!......

[@markovkaification]

did they consider the rising sea levels? the islands are going to be under water in couple of decades

[@Sadin15]

I am kind of afraid to watch this documentary. there is a prophecy in Islam that the end of time would be very near when the shepherds in the desert compete in constructing tall buildings. Its an authentic narration with a sound chain of narrations and it fits the description of the modern UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. All these natives who inhabit these lands were once shepherds. I am just freaked out now.

[@l337tub]

Why do people have a problem with this, saying we are not god? For heck's sake no one gives a shit that we move water around with dams and canals but you make one island and people accuse you of playing god. It is an awesome island and awesome looking.

[@MrYellowmetal]

we are not god but we challenge our self and learn learn learn and we learn from our mistakes

[@bikash1991]

i personally believe sheik is risking people's life.how can the structure prevent from disaster like tsunami hurricane and water thrust?

[@annacta1]

is already done?

[@swearingmonk]

@philippines1998 it is the name of a city and an Emirate (state) that resides in the nation know as the United Arab Emirates. Dubai is the largest city but the capital is Abu Dhabi. Does that clear things up?

[@lekkki1]

holy shite! wonder what the environmental impact of all that construction is?

[@Sjon14]

@Anomyzz Do you know that most of the work is being done by europeans?

[@SimonSloototter]

the seven-headed monster

[@arbimcmac3792]

If it can be done, then by definition it IS possible, so the title makes no sense

[@YERZHAN100]

help me find a documentary series Khan Shatyr

[@fabyg99]

Skydive

[@JL0vely]

ok this is going to sound stupid but how are the islands not sinking if its just sand? thats kind of creepy

[@SCIFIguy64]

I'm claiming the islands that form the US as my country!

[@Misako237]

Ok i love dubai ! and all the amzaing things that they are doing is just so beautiful ! but why build all these things and islands and waste soo much money ! for whom ?! And wat about the world island its beautiful but how can dubai benefit from it in an amount as the one spent to build it ? but anyways

[@savagex466-qt1io]

No your right ! But Man is Newer and Improved over God ! God hasent rumbled with us in a loooong time poor animals ... we had to sacrifice for god

[@tigger7740]

Just wait when the nature gets mad.

[@MomentofSilenceBand]

This part is the same as part 1 so skip to 4 if you are watching it

[@R.o.Ro.]

ahh correction Indians were the major architects of Burj Dubai and Burj Al Arab

[@dylanfloyd777]

@Sadin15 me too it can't be just everything so smooth,nice and beautyful--unfortunaly something very bad is about too be hapend there! Nek vam Allah pomogne,dok se zlatom hvalite ispred mase gladne! Let Allah help you while you showing your Gold in front of hungry mases of people(nearest translate).All best.

[@deathcomesarippin]

This stuff is cool, but there getting cocky talking about they can make islands faster and better than mother nature, but mother nature will always show who is the boss.

[@bofhd89o]

10 hours for creating land,damn..as i know the land represent only 29% for the earths surface and the sea 71%...so they can create more land and build up more countries lool..that will definitely tips the balance of the scale

[@BrewStar24]

It's not an Island, it's connected to the Mainland by a Bridge... erm... that's still an island. lol

[@Alexis_Mos]

i would not buy a house there...these constructions look so insecure..

[@nana23926]

i dont like the idea that they are drilling on the seabed

[@rosarustica123]

Dubay is only one bet of the tourism industry because the industry petrolio will be obsolete in 50 years.

[@chucktone11]

what if there was a tsunami?!

[@puketinho]

@RM6721 your thinking is ok, but it will take 5oo yrs to to rise the sea level upto 3m. Thease buildings have only 50 to 100 yrs of life, there will be no money for repair or new buildings upto that time.

[@langengro]

"With sand in seemingly limitless supply, there seems to be no sign of a construction slowdown." Well, as the Dubai Sheikh was surprised to learn on occasion of the financial crisis, money, unlike sand, does not come in "limitless supply". As things stand now, this megalomaniac waste of ressources will probably remain an unfinished project forever. Kind of reminds me of the story of the Tower of Babel - with The Economy playing the role of a furious Jehova.

[@l337tub]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 We kick ass :D

[@deeflinger]

@braydenbeautiful he dint say earth was 10, 000 years old, he said it will take earth to do this kind of stuff 10, 000 years. good thing u dint hurt yourself rolling out for misunderstanding something.. ^^

[@Werkea]

hate to see all those will be wasted in the future

[@Thunderstryk]

@madnesscombat5 I don't think tsunamis can hit Dubai because of its location.

[@ulmy777]

i dont know why but i think the anticrhist will rise from here

[@Nieem94]

Pretty Sure.

[@vivethierry]

madness

[@l337tub]

@rosarustica123 If you don't mind me asking... what?

[@Dancing88Mike]

@rmassie11 Yeah They have the tallest building, The tallest emptiest building :D LOL

[@kaizenx68]

No but his father is!

[@chance2413]

@poptube87 It wouldnt be just an earthquake in Dubai, The earthquake that rocked Indonesia started in ALASKA! And the shallow waters would be completey capable of letting a much larger wave into the gulf. Would a tsunami form in Dubai, of course not. Would a tsunami travel to Dubai and reclaim it New Orleans style. Yes, it most certainly could/will....

[@Burjpnk247]

Did u knew that thanks to these islands there are I don not remember well But the percent of Sea life has increased just a few months later after the construction later on ill tell u the percent

[@rosarustica123]

@l337tub Many things are archaic, now want something better and sustainable for future generations.

[@grantvr6]

@prometheus882002 "their own people" live very well. however, it's the migrant workers who get a bad deal: It is the promise of a land of opportunity that has brought an estimated one million migrant workers to Dubai. Most come from areas of extreme poverty in the Indian sub-continent where they are easy prey for recruitment agents. Paying up to £2,000 to make the trip, the sum often has to be borrowed or family land sold in the belief that within 18 months the debt can be repaid.

[@BatDude27]

@nana23926 without that nothing of this is possible

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

@l337tub The sea floor aint got nothing on us!

[@Msjt888]

ohhh they're fucking with nature...

[@Graimys]

Рай...

[@elvisdustin]

There goes Biodiversity....

[@KenosVQ]

@swearingmonk what is it then

[@gracemoog4030]

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[@Nieem94]

Yeah Im not denying that what is being done here is not creative because it most defiantly is, all im saying is if you listen to the context of which these people are talking you will find that they sound like they are revolutionary and that they can defy the laws of nature hence me saying man is not god.

[@misslonely774]

they didn't say that man is god ... oh come on why don't you understand

[@ashlegel]

@JamandDance so build, not make war

[@MirzaKe]

@theloveofrihanna well, they will be for sale :D now imagine yourself, you live in let's say New York, you go there and buy yourself new New York as a gift. Hell of a way to spend gazillions :D

[@jhostintola3092]

CREATING ISLANDS???? PLAYING GOD

[@ChristoRecords]

LOL

[@totabangladesh3595]

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[@libertyheavy]

Guess who is paying for this? Hint: oil.

[@jayc526]

Your comment about "useful buildings" seems a lot like these mega structures are just used to impress. Sure they have their use but really over did things. These structures are just to fill someones ego. Not hating on Arabs. as I am against Racism. Just speaking the truth really.

[@Tiger_III]

lol

[@Ali74]

@bloodshot738 a tsunami wouldnt affect Dubai

[@darkcamry]

sux that us cant do this

[@abdx7777]

and how was America started ? red Indians remind you with any thing ?

[@rosarustica123]

Horrible these constructions in the sea. It is an assault on nature.

[@superprettyko]

@philippines1998 city. duh.

[@MrJJ1030]

i am god

[@thegrayfolded1]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[@deathcomesarippin]

@BlackIndigenousPosse holy crap, really calm down no need for the calling of names and calling me racist and you dont even know me, wow you sound like you have anger issues. I have traveled around and I have lived in Europe. Theres good and bad buildings everywhere. I never said anything racist and I never said anything against that this a great building, just that they are sounding cocky, take a chill pill. p.s. American isnt a race.

[@AlzdemX]

we are destroying mother nature :(

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

@l337tub Humanity, FUCK YEAH!