UAE - Reaching to the Sky - Blue hour over Burj Dubai
Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي "Dubai Tower"), a supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 818 m (2,684 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, and the tower is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy by the end of 2009. The building is part of the 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) flagship development called "Downtown Burj Dubai" at the "First Interchange" along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district. The tower's architect is Adrian Smith, who worked with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) until 2006.
Current records
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* Tallest structure: 818 m (2,684 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast - 628.8
m (2,063 ft))
* Tallest freestanding structure: 818 m (2,684 ft) (previously CN
Tower - 553.3 m (1,815 ft))
* Building with most floors: 160 (previously World Trade Center - 110)
* World's highest elevator installation
* Worlds fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)
(previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s)
* Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 601 m (1,972 ft)
(previously Taipei 101 - 449.2 m (1,474 ft))
* Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 601 m
(1,972 ft) (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant - 532
m (1,745 ft))
* The first world's tallest structure in history to include
residential space
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Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens's focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 19.00 mm, Aperture: 22, Exposure time: 13.0 s, ISO: 100
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Sumaya Al Bishari, Olha S., Jarrah Bellucci, jef cris, and 202 other people added this photo to their favorites.
© Lucie Debelkova / www.luciedebelkova.com (31 months ago | reply)
coco77mi (31 months ago | reply)
Awesome Shot.
Sumaya Al Bishari (31 months ago | reply)
Awesome Shot.
Verena Sala (31 months ago | reply)
so clear colours, fantastic image / place, excellent shot!!!
Ashan de Silva (31 months ago | reply)
Awesome, that blue is so striking and a wonderful a composition ...well seen and captured
pim van den heuvel (31 months ago | reply)
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Shadi Nassri (31 months ago | reply)
Very cool excellent capture ya sadiki
ಸಂದೀಪ್ ನಾಯಕ್ / Sandy (31 months ago | reply)
that's an excellent capture..
Javier Merino -Javichu- (31 months ago | reply)
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Bontios colores
OceanAir55 (31 months ago | reply)
amazing cityscape shot!
MB*photo (31 months ago | reply)
So impressive!
arylana (31 months ago | reply)
what a beauty
TtSststtTsTsttSsss.. [deleted] (31 months ago | reply)
Wow!! amazing.
burningphoenix (31 months ago | reply)
Looks like the Babel tower.
Ben Mitchell2009 (31 months ago | reply)
Wow, what an amazing building! You've captured the scale really well and the colours are really vivid. Good work!
bo foto (31 months ago | reply)
:-)
Planet 3 (31 months ago | reply)
Oh.. Massive...
Tberga| (31 months ago | reply)
Wow, stunning shot!
ystan (31 months ago | reply)
great shot
Richie Fox [deleted] (31 months ago | reply)
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....wonderful shot....
Al . 9 e t ™ (31 months ago | reply)
Great work !!
david.bank (www.david-bank.com) (31 months ago | reply)
Wow, what a building! I would love to go to Dubai and get some shots myself. Maybe next year.
‘ Fatma ✿ [deleted] (31 months ago | reply)
wonderful
Ignacio Abalos (31 months ago | reply)
Superb colors!!!!!!
Pipall (31 months ago | reply)
Awesome as usual! Going to Dubai for Christmas, hoping to get some great shots! Any particular places you'd recommend?? =)
ESLOOGIYAH (31 months ago | reply)
Fabulous !!
Chuck & Pat Harkins (31 months ago | reply)
Nice look and great view with super colors and POV...very nice work.
Sam ♑ (31 months ago | reply)
Really fantastic work!!! Fantastic!!
dixie_law (31 months ago | reply)
What a massive structure - it absolutely dwarfs everything else in site. Love the how the color of the sky, the detail in the building and the light all transition to dark toward the top.
mahaendra (31 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous shot!
fenicio84 (31 months ago | reply)
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P e T e r P a N (31 months ago | reply)
fantastic tones, great shot!
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nigel_xf (31 months ago | reply)
What a stunnung capture of this monster building!
ColmanLi (31 months ago | reply)
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Brad Pedersen (31 months ago | reply)
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A.al-Muzaini (31 months ago | reply)
amazing angle !!
muslim page (31 months ago | reply)
THIS IS VERY NICE!!!
FAVOURITE!!
Kamal
KhAlEd AlAmRaNi (31 months ago | reply)
رائعه
@MohammedAlemadi (31 months ago | reply)
well taken
you are one of my best photographers
Pappu | Photography Love :: NIKON (31 months ago | reply)
great POV...very nice exposure...
Pixel Boy128 (31 months ago | reply)
Stunning!!
Sadeq Nader Abul (31 months ago | reply)
simply amazing! :)
Tanyaluk Photography (31 months ago | reply)
Wow!
Arata Photography (31 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
tamalee (31 months ago | reply)
AWESOME! Thanks for posting and writing about it.
LongLensPhotography co uk - Daugirdas Tomas Racys (31 months ago | reply)
Amazing view, looks like from another planet
Nicolas André♪ (31 months ago | reply)
awesome!! :D
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