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Subscribe to RSSYou need about 2 miles of sand to carve your name big enough and a crew of hired hands to dig. But a billionaire sheikh from Abu Dhabi, Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan, has done just that.
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As seen from a satellite in this image taken from Google maps, the name Hamad is clearly seen from space.
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Another view via Google.