The islands are composed mainly of sand dredged from Dubai’s shallow coastal waters.
Nakheel Properties Group, the propertys developer, denied these reports.
Photo taken by the crew of the International Space Station shows The World Islands on top right.
The Palm island, another artificial archipelago, is also visible on the bottom left.
Only two islands out of the 300 islands have any buildings on it.
One of them, the Lebanon Island, is the only one that has so far been developed commercially.
Its owned by Abu Dhabi-based businessman Ravi Raman who plans to use it private corporate events and public parties.
Other plans are abound.
