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    Artificial Islands of the Dead Sea

    The Dead Sea, a body of water that sits at the nexus of several political hot spots in the Middle East, has been a source of contention for decades. Now a New York City architecture firm called Phu Hoang Office has proposed a way to turn the sea into a thriving center for tourism and eco-research. The firm proposed the creation of artificial islands (pictured) called No Man's Land that would house hotels, create energy, and harvest clean water from the atmosphere. Check out more pictures and a schematic below. More »
    06/16/08
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    Comment by Klebert L. Hall: @corpore-metal: Absolutely true. Sometimes the political clout stems from environmental impact statements, though. Besides, whether it got built of not, there'd... more » | Other threads

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