Burj Khalifa;World's Tallest Skyscraper
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Joey D
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I like this one better now:
...But, thats in Azerbaijan...
I think that is the first time I have ever seen someone mention that country. Allow for some ignorance here but is Azerbaijan developed enough to have a building like that? I guess the view in my head is the stereotypical American one where is places it like other former Soviet states as a run down, third world nation.
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I am a late bloomer to the growth of Dubai (I'm usually a late bloomer to a lot of things, really). Just hearing about how much this place has grown in over six months or so is incredibly unreal. Speaking of unreal, the Burj Dubai reminds me of something. Any of you ever played "Unreal Tournament 2004?" Remember that one Deathmatch level that was on top of a bunch of really tall skyscrapers that went well outside of the Earth's atmosphere? That's what the Burj Dubai reminds me of. The location of the super-tall skyscraper (can we even CALL it a skyscraper?) in the game was somewhere around Rio de Janerio. This super-tall structure is only one of a crazy number of things planned to make Dubai crazy futuristic. Almost like the Hong Kong of the Middle East. Just all the stuff planned and made for this place is just unreal to imagine. I'm still in shock just thinking about all that's being done to make Dubai explode into its own true metropolis.
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I call them "Skyrapers" now.
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Wow, can really see the curvature of the earth from up there in this shot
Cap'n Jack
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Great view from the top. 
I'll have a go when it's a bit safer.
I'll have a go when it's a bit safer.
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It's looking great, but I'd preffer it if Dubai aimed at something more like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coruscant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coruscant
Cap'n Jack
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Actually, when I first looked at Toronado's picture, the first thing I thought was that Dubai would end up just like Coruscant.
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Here is a little side note on Dubai's skyline. There is one building in Dubai's skyline that has a message saying "We've set our vision higher." You'll see it if you see the nighttime skyline if you visit this link: < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai > and click on the first picture. If the Burj Dubai is what their higher vision was, then mission accomplished. It's still mostly a City of the Future. Even more so than Hong Kong.
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Man, have to love that fish-eye view on the previous page! Course, I'd be scared as hell standing that high up with just a harness on...
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Wow, can really see the curvature of the earth from up there in this shot
Fish eye lens.
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Is it just me or does Dubai look almost completely uninhabited--and completely under contruction? It must be the desert ground, but to me it looks like every inch of that area in under construction. There aren't even any roads! Just the one main highway and the rest is all dirt. It's like they're building the store before it opens, but in this case the store is the entire city. If any of those buildings are finished they look completely inaccessible.
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