Dubai is located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is the largest city in the country, quickly developing into a commercial hub for the region. These satellite images show the development along the Dubai coast over the years. The first pair depicts changes from 1991 to 2017, with the most notable differences being the Palm Islands; artificial islands constructed on reclaimed land off the coast of the city. Visible in this comparison are the Palm Jebel Ali, the Palm Jumeirah, and the World Islands. The third, fourth, and fifth images are collages of satellite images depicting the building phases of the artificial islands along the coast from April 1984 to May 2003, from March 1993 to March 2011, and from December 2006 to July 2010, respectively. The sixth image is a multi-layer image, created by merging images captured in 1993, 1999, and 2010. Notable in this image is the area highlighted in green, showing the two artificial islands under construction. The last image is a collage of pictures used to create the previous multi-layer image.

• Image 1: Product: Geo Tiff format, Satellite/Sensor: Landsat 5 TM, Resolution: 30 metres, Coverage: 180 x 180 km, Acquisition Date: 01 Apr 1991, Band Combination: 3, 2, 1 (RGB) Visible colour layers
• Image 2: Product: Geo Tiff format, Satellite/Sensor: Landsat 8 OLI Resolution: 30 metres, Coverage: 180 x 180 km, Acquisition Date: 20 Dec 2017, Band Combination: 4, 3, 2 (RGB)
• Image 3: Product: TM (full resolution), Satellite: Landsat 4, 5 and 7, Instrument: Thematic Mapper (TM) (30 metre resolution), Coverage: 185 km x 185 km, Acquisition Dates: April 1984 - May 2003, Band combination: 7, 4, 2 (RGB)
• Image 4: Product: ASA_IMP_1P (level 1b full resolution), Satellite: ERS-1/2 and Envisat, Instrument: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)/ASAR (30 metre resolution), Acquisition Dates: March 1993 - March 2011
• Image 5: Product: ALOS.AVNIR.2 (level 1b full resolution), Satellite: ALOS, Instrument: Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometre (AVNIR-2) (10 metre resolution), Coverage: 70 km (at Nadir), Acquisition Dates: December 2006 - July 2010, Band combination: 3, 2, 1
• Image 6: Product: ASA_IMP_1P (level 1b full resolution), Satellite: ERS-1/2 and Envisat, Instrument: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)/ASAR (30 metre resolution), Acquisition Dates: 15 Apr 1999, 22 April 2010, 08 March 1993, Coverage: 100 km along track, Merge layers: ERS-2, Envisat, ERS-1 (RGB)
• Image 7: Product: ASA_IMP_1P (level 1b full resolution), Satellite: ERS-1/2 and Envisat, Instrument: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)/ASAR (30 metre resolution), Acquisition Dates: 15 Apr 1999, 22 April 2010, 08 March 1993, Coverage: 100 km along track, Merge layers: ERS-2, Envisat, ERS-1 (RGB)