Pics: This is how Dubai Water Canal looks from OUTER SPACE

 

Pics: This is how Dubai Water Canal looks from OUTER SPACE

Dubai - Water was released into the canal as part of a testing process late last month.

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Published: Tue 8 Nov 2016, 2:37 PM

Last updated: Fri 11 Nov 2016, 8:16 AM

The first image of the Dubai Water Canal taken from outer space has been released today.

Two pictures -- showing before and after changes in the landscape -- have been shared by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

The picture shows the canal completely filled with water, curving its way through the heart of the city.

Water was released into the canal as part of a testing process late last month. Over the next several weeks, more water will be released throughout the full 3.2-kilometre stretch of the canal, which is expected to be full in mid-November.

The images were captured by DubaiSat-2.

The image also show the various facilities built to run along both banks of the canal and the areas surrounding it, which consist of residences, malls, hotels and recreational centres.

DubaiSat-2 provides high quality satellite images to several institutions within the UAE and internationally, for urban planning and mapping, monitoring environmental changes and disaster management.

The satellite's camera features a 1-metre panchromatic resolution and a 4-metre multi-spectral resolution (coloured images). It can store 512 images, each 12km x 12km in size.

DubaiSat-2 was launched in 2013 via the Dnepr at Yasny Cosmodrome to circulate a sun-synchronous orbit, 600km in altitude.

The DubaiSat-2 was launched in 2013 through the Dnepr in Yasny Cosmodrome to circulate a sun-synchronous orbit, 600 km in altitude.
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