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HAMAD- two-miles-long name in sand
until it's visible from SPACE
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Hamad, the biggest name in the desert:
Arab
sheikh carves two-miles-long name in sand until it's visible from
SPACE
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 12:45 PM
on 20th July 2011
Every child has written their names on
the beach at some point.
But whereas most people's 'sandwriting' is washed away, one super-rich Arab sheikh has ensured
that his doodles will last a little longer.
Hamad Bin Hamdan
Al Ahyan, 63, has scrawled his name in sand on an island he owns
with letters so big they can be seen from
space. |
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Making a sand: A satellite image from space shows
the enormous letters of the name 'HAMAD' carved into the sand on Al
futaysi island in Abu Dhabi |
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Beach life: The sea runs into the H, A and part of
the M in the name of super-rich 63-year-old Arab sheikh Hamad Bin
Hamdan Al Ahyan
The word 'HAMAD' measures 1,000 metres
high and is a staggering two miles long from the 'H' to the 'D' on
the Al Futaisi island.
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. |
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Anything's possible: Hamad, 63, ordered workers to
write his giant name in the sand
However, the sheikh is
president of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates and boasts a personal
fortune second only to the Saudi king's.
Hamad, also known as
the 'Rainbow Sheikh', is a member of the Abu Dhabi Ruling
Family.
He is understood to have some 200 cars including
seven Mercedes 500 SELs painted in different colours of the rainbow
which he stores in a giant pyramid.
The Arab sheikh has a
taste for doing things on a large scale. He built the world's
largest truck - eight times the size of the Dodge Power Wagon, with
four bedrooms inside the cabin.
Hamad constructed a motor
home in the shape of a giant globe which is exactly 1 millionth the
size of the actual earth.
Alongside his lavish displays of
wealth he has become a well-known philanthropist in medicine and
supplied a complete kidney stone operating theatre to a public
hospital in Morocco where he continues to fund its
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REGARDS Narahari LT
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