Love Lake
Twin heart-shaped desert lakes born from recycled water and a viral Instagram post.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Love Lake in Dubai traces the twin heart-shaped lakes back to November 2018, when Crown Prince Hamdan posted a single aerial photo captioned "To all of you" and the internet took notice. It follows what actually fills the lakes, Dubai's water authority DEWA's use of treated wastewater, and the sixteen thousand trees and pathways planted around the shores, arranged into shapes no visitor at ground level can see.
This audio guide was created using AI.
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