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A photograph supposedly showing Dubai skyscrapers emerging through the clouds is frequently shared on social media: This is a genuine image of skyscrapers in Dubai. The clouds in this image, however, would be more accurately described as fog. This photograph was taken by Carsten Witte as part of his Desert Tombstones project. The Phoblographer published an article about these photographs of monolithic architecture in 2017, writing: This, of course, is not the only photograph of these skyscrapers poking above the fog. Here's another example from photographer Daniel Cheong: Instagram user Faz3, who is reportedly the Crown Prince of Dubai, Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has also shared several similar images of Dubai's skyscrapers. Here's one video from Faz3 showing the city's buildings above the fog: In 2016, a BBC article described how this desert city turns into a surreal landscape as the fog rolls in a few times a year:
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