Earth, Sky and Water Unite for the World Panorama Market Day

The Dubai International Boat Show 2005 brought together top movers and shakers from the burgeoning Marina market with transactions exceeding 100 million dollars during the 5-day event.

Apart from 440 exhibitors from 30 countries, the event was attended by more than 20,414 trade visitors and general public interested in the Maritime Industry.

The show which hosted 85 berths catering to boats ranging from 39ft to over 200ft, was organsied by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) at the Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC), Mina Seyahi (15th – 19th March 2005). The DWTC announced that the exhibition was a huge success, with boats, yachts, marine leisure equipment, supplies and services being sold in excess of 100 million dollars.

This panorama is in association to an ongoing Art & Artist based Middle East Peace Effort...

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The 2nd Edition of the Middle East Peace - World Wide Panorama is a cooperative effort by VR photographers living in United Arab Emirates (UAE), Lebanon, Israel, and Egypt. We have organized, worked together and produced QTVRs that are linked together. Our message is clear, we cannot ignore each other any more since we all benefit from peace. This is our way to contribute to the Middle East peace efforts.

The members of this family are (in alphabetical order): Andy Alpern (Israel) Eldar Sharir (Israel), Fadi Saikali (Lebanon), Loyd Almeda (Dubai), Rana Mahmood (Dubai), Samir Ahmed (Dubai), Waleed Nassar (Egypt), William Matar (Lebanon) and Yaniv Sirton (Israel). Thanks go to all participants for contributing to this effort, to Samir Ahmed for designing and writing the flash in our QTVR's, and to Waleed Nassar for coming up with the idea of this edition.

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Middle East / United Arab Emirates

Lat: 25° 5' 30" N
Long: 55° 8' 33" E

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Precision is: Unknown / Undeclared.

Canon 10D with a midified Sigma 8mm lens / modified Panasour / Manfrotto tripod