KLAW 101 - Oklahoma's Best Country » Space http://klaw.com Oklahoma's Best Country Tue, 21 May 2013 15:49:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Abu Dhabi Sheikh Carves His Name So Large, It's Visible from Space http://klaw.com/abu-dhabi-sheikh-carves-his-name-so-large-its-visible-from-space/ http://klaw.com/abu-dhabi-sheikh-carves-his-name-so-large-its-visible-from-space/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:08:17 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=27705 When it comes to wealth, there’s rich and there’s “I can see my name from space” rich.

Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi ruling family, carved his name — in giant 1000 meter letters — into the desert of an United Arab Emirates island he owns. His sand namesake is so massive that the H, the first A and part of the M have been turned into waterways.

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