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Beautiful image of Dubai’s Palm Islands seen from space

Two of Dubai's Palm Islands taken with an camera from Urthecast aboard the space station. Urthecast

TORONTO – A Vancouver-based company has released another stunning image of Earth from space.

The image shows the world-renowned Dubai Palm Islands, two artificial islands in the shape of palm trees. The image was taken about 400 km above earth on April 24.

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READ MORE: Vancouver-based UrtheCast has big plans for cameras on space station

Urthecast has two cameras aboard the International Space Station — one medium-resolution and one high-resolution.

The image was taken with the medium-resolution camera. The high-resolution camera is expected to be online within a few months.

For a high-resolution image, click here.

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