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Top 7 Strange Things Found On Google Maps #5
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What where they looking for when they found this?!?

5. The Giant Signature. Billionaire Sheikh (and member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family) Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan likes to stand out. Aside from an absolutely mind-blowing amount of wealth and power, he likes to be seen (and not so much heard). Ordering to have his first name carved into the top sand layers of surface on al Futaisi Island located in the Persian Gulf (which he also happens to own). Measuring a half-mile tall by two miles wide - the letters can be visibly spotted from space and are debatably the largest man-made typography. Since the letters are so large, the pathways caused by the text being carved into the sand has formed waterways and channels, effectively making this a semi-permanent (if not altogether permanent) i
What where they looking for when they found this?!?

5. The Giant Signature. Billionaire Sheikh (and member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family) Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan likes to stand out. Aside from an absolutely mind-blowing amount of wealth and power, he likes to be seen (and not so much heard). Ordering to have his first name carved into the top sand layers of surface on al Futaisi Island located in the Persian Gulf (which he also happens to own). Measuring a half-mile tall by two miles wide - the letters can be visibly spotted from space and are debatably the largest man-made typography. Since the letters are so large, the pathways caused by the text being carved into the sand has formed waterways and channels, effectively making this a semi-permanent (if not altogether permanent) installation.
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