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Tallest Skyscraper in the World Almost Completed

gizmodo.com — The Burj Dubai tower, the tallest skyscraper in the world, is about to be completed. To celebrate it, David Hobcote has taken a series of amazing high resolution pictures from the air which give an exact impression of the breathtaking, massive scale of this building. Inside, it looks like a set from Blade Runner or the interior of the Death Star

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 19, 2008

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  • doubl3d, on 08/28/2008, -6/+497Me: Hey want to help me move a couch in my new place?
    Friend: Sure what floor is it on?
    Me: 2,000
    Friend:@#&* you
  • inactive, on 08/19/2008, -16/+255HOLY CHRIST
  • audguy, on 08/19/2008, -14/+202HOLY ALLAH
  • lazycat, on 08/19/2008, -3/+179I am impressed by the speed of this construction when compared with re-building of WTC in NYC which seems will take forever. I wonder why is it so?..
  • Fatcheeseguy, on 08/19/2008, -1/+166They probably have enough money to build a Death Star.
  • barnes, on 08/19/2008, -4/+160I've found my suicide locale when the time comes.
  • TheMidnight, on 08/19/2008, -0/+139Because the developer and the Port Authority can't agree on a design, and then they let every single family who lost someone in the attacks have a say in it too, and they keep shooting down every design the developer and Port Authority manage to agree on because of some flimsy reason that has nothing to do with real world building.
  • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 08/19/2008, -2/+123"My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_bin_Saeed_Al_M ...
  • ChileanGoD, on 08/19/2008, -2/+105Suiciders will die of starvation before hitting ground.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 08/19/2008, -8/+103Somewhere in Dubai there is an architect with a very small package who is feeling pretty good about himself right about now.
  • inactive, on 08/19/2008, -3/+86That's just under a mile tall. One day you'll be able to join the mile high club without ever leaving the ground.
  • coasterswim, on 08/19/2008, -0/+82And he'll probably still die.
  • ozyman4269, on 08/19/2008, -7/+84I'm feeling high just looking at it!
  • lattin1, on 08/19/2008, -4/+79Its not arrogance thats driving all these massive projects in Dubai. Its actually the complete opposite. Unlike cities in other Middle Eastern countries leaders in Dubai actually have the foresight to realize that their oil reserves will run out in the next 20 years and the country will need another form of income. They're banking on tourism to offset the loss of oil revenue, atleast to a certain extent. Just look at Las Vegas as an example. Without lavish casinos and resorts the city has no purpose for existing. Pretty progressive thinking for that part of the world in my opinion. What would you suggest they use their money on?
  • jun2san, on 08/19/2008, -2/+76(singing) you forgot about the air hockey table
  • freezerburn666, on 08/19/2008, -1/+74you'd probably land in a pool anyways :P
  • Frejesal, on 08/19/2008, -4/+76The tower of Babel.
  • jakash, on 08/19/2008, -5/+75Damn Dubai, you scary!
  • LloydBentsen, on 08/19/2008, -1/+70joke.
  • NicksVideo, on 08/19/2008, -3/+72Go to Denver?
  • yokozuka, on 08/19/2008, -4/+72The photos from the air are breathtaking, yes, but the interior is equally as impressive. You can race the Millennium Falcon and get to the Death Star core through that elevator structure.
  • inactive, on 08/19/2008, -5/+70Dam that thing is High
  • Disinterested, on 08/19/2008, -3/+67i can't wait to commit suicide off of that
  • deaftly, on 08/19/2008, -2/+65Get back to me when its over 9000
  • UnFriendlyFire, on 08/19/2008, -1/+64Kids today can't find Dubai or America on a map.
  • bnsqueak, on 08/19/2008, -2/+60This building is already insane. What tops it is rumors of ANOTHER Dubai-based, record setting tower-- at over 5000 feet!
  • johnnykwest, on 08/19/2008, -0/+55Considering the proposed Al Burj will likely be another 650ft HIGHER.. I'm starting to wonder when they start having to worry about nosebleeds and air pressure problems for upper floor residents.

    Great info on this stuff at: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=23

    Lots of good diagrams and comparisons there.
  • inactive, on 08/19/2008, -8/+63Props to them, unfortunately in a Mulsim state with fanatical drug laws and mandatory 4 year sentences given for ANY violation. These include British nationals now serving prision time for having less then a pin head sized quantity of pot on their shoe soles, and a seperate case based on 3 poppy seeds from a sandwich.

    Nice but zero chance of going there.
  • Oddish, on 08/19/2008, -2/+55Hello Captain Obvious!
  • inactive, on 08/19/2008, -8/+61I hope the ISS doesn't hit it!
  • inactive, on 08/19/2008, -0/+52In other words, Bureaucracy. Which is no surprise. They don't have much of that in the middle east.
  • BESTenemy, on 08/19/2008, -2/+45At this height, you'll die of natural causes long before you reach the ground.
  • magneteye, on 08/19/2008, -2/+46Base jumpers have a new target!
  • HonestAbe, on 08/19/2008, -1/+42So it's our Christian duty to destroy it, right?
  • KMartSheriff, on 08/19/2008, -0/+39It's no surprise to me that this is "the sun" - it's known for "brightness and extremely high temperatures".
  • xtekian, on 08/19/2008, -0/+37Problem is, you would have way too much time to think about your decision as you're falling. In addition, the staggered design isn't suicide friendly.
  • inactive, on 08/19/2008, -6/+40When I was a kid, I always thought the most important place on the planet was where they had the biggest buildings. In that respect I would have grown up in awe of Dubai and not America.

    Wonder if kids nowadays think the same?
  • drunkmonkey01, on 08/19/2008, -0/+34please make sure you have a friend videotape it and post it on youtube (and then submit it to digg)
  • shortyjacobs, on 08/19/2008, -3/+36@themidnight, uhhhhh yeah, cuz no one has sex in Dubai........
  • suckanucka, on 08/19/2008, -3/+36...and look what his daddy did to the tower of babel!
  • tehmarko, on 08/19/2008, -1/+34Butte, Montana
  • HonestAbe, on 08/19/2008, -1/+34http://www.escape-chute-systems.com/

    Like jumping into an anus of salvation.
  • TracerMan, on 08/19/2008, -1/+34I'm not taking the stairs.
  • scoot2006, on 08/19/2008, -0/+32Maybe they'll let you use the crane on top.
  • counterplex, on 08/19/2008, -1/+32Insightful. That's not an adjective I usually associate with the oil rulers of the middle east. I'm impressed.
  • snackbar3233, on 08/19/2008, -2/+33i hope you know the people of dubai did nothing to you...
    infact most of the 9/11 bombers were saudi NOT emirati
  • howdareyou, on 08/19/2008, -8/+37That and NYC isn't allowed to use slave labor.
  • 80min700mb, on 08/19/2008, -0/+26Or have emergency slip n' slides.
  • ditka354, on 08/19/2008, -1/+27This is gorgeous. The architecture being built currently around the world is just awe inspiring. From Dubai, to Beijing and Chicago, i'm so glad there has been a shift in the architectural paradigm of skyscrapers toward works of art rather than cookie cutter boxes.
  • oo7evan, on 08/19/2008, -0/+26JENGA!
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