Gallery: Inside Masdar City, the UAE’s Zero-Carbon City That Will Never Be
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A billboard on the way to Masdar City.
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A solar tower in Masdar City.
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A sandstorm blows through Masdar City.
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Workers care for Masdar City's drought-resistance plants.
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A field of solar panels on the outskirts of Masdar City, home to about 88,000 solar panels.
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Construction near Masdar City.
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Personal rapid transit pods ready for use in the station beneath the Masdar Institute.
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A worker cools off in the shade.
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The view from the Knowledge Center, the library of Masdar Institute.
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Tahra, a communications employee at Masdar Institute.
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A construction site obscured by a cloud of sand during a storm.
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A gated villa in Abu Dhabi
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Buildings in Masdar City.
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A lab at Masdar Institute.
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Portraits on display at Masdar Institute.
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The desert outside Abu Dhabi.
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