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omg will ya look at the sun blotches in that photo??!!

 

thats hottt!!

 

it looks like the cover of a 1960s-70s sci-fi novel

 

 

You made it look like Star Wars!

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

.. if you stand in front of this building ... you will get a stiff neck .. and very surprised eyes ...

Love that first shot. You MUST have taken more pics of other buildings while there, no?

Wonder what its occupancy rate is!

Where are you from, Cincinnatus? Are you German?

Saudi Arabien Emirates? Did they change the name of the country or something?

Where are you from, Cincinnatus? Are you German?

.. yes .. working for P&G ...  my Castle  is in Ivy Hills ... Anderson ..

Saudi Arabien Emirates? Did they change the name of the country or something?

.. lol .. this area on the Persian Golf is called ...Dubai (arabisch ‏دبي‎ Dubayy) it`s  the capital city of the United Arabian Emirates  ...

... the United Arabian Emirates include several Emirates ..

The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. The capital is Abu Dhabi, which is also the state's center of political, industrial, and cultural activities.

 

 

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In front  of this biggest building in Dubai there are a big area of water basin

With big water fountains ,  each evening there is a big show with this water fountains,

Water is dancing to the music … like in front of the hotel in Las Vegas  “Bellagio” .. but in Dubai it is the biggest of the world ..  thousand of spectators are there each evening, restaurants are full …

In  “google-earth” you can see the dimension of this water basins ..

 

Money doesn`t matter in this country …  it is the richest country in this world ..

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Love that first shot. You MUST have taken more pics of other buildings while there, no?

.. perhaps .. 1.000 ore more .. :-)

The first image in this thread reminds me of Chesley Bonestell paintings (illustrator who specialized in outer space scenes in the 1950s.) The lens flare fits well, IMO.

Saudi Arabien Emirates? Did they change the name of the country or something?

.. lol .. this area on the Persian Golf is called ...Dubai (arabisch ‏دبي‎ Dubayy) it`s  the capital city of the United Arabian Emirates  ...

... the United Arabian Emirates include several Emirates ..

The constituent emirates are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. The capital is Abu Dhabi, which is also the state's center of political, industrial, and cultural activities.

 

 

 

I'm very familiar with the country, and what is going on in Abu Dhabi and Dubai but we call it United Arab Emirates, here. Please don't undermine my intelligence by pointing out to me, your geographical factoids, given to 4th graders. I've never heard anyone refer to it as "Saudi Arabien Emirates", that's all.

 

Money doesn`t matter in this country …  it is the richest country in this world ..

 

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In front  of this biggest building in Dubai there are a big area of water basin

With big water fountains ,  each evening there is a big show with this water fountains,

Water is dancing to the music … like in front of the hotel in Las Vegas  “Bellagio” .. but in Dubai it is the biggest of the world ..  thousand of spectators are there each evening, restaurants are full …

In  “google-earth” you can see the dimension of this water basins ..

 

 

I can't wait to see what it looks like when the novelty wears off and especially when oil is obsolete.

The first image in this thread reminds me of Chesley Bonestell paintings (illustrator who specialized in outer space scenes in the 1950s.) The lens flare fits well, IMO.

 

you will go to the moon. you will!

 

i bought that book on amazon a few years ago.

We need to spend more money on space exploration. Colonize and create resources on other planets, take advantage of harnessing energy in outer-space and sending it back down here in radio waves. It's the only way the U.S. economy will continue to grow exponentially and be on top; be independent when it comes to energy. Solar energy is what, 5x more powerful in outer-space without our damn atmosphere being in the way?

.. on the otherside ... directly oppersite  of the tallest building in Dubai .. there is the "Address Hotel" ..

 

 

It's the only way the U.S. economy will continue to grow exponentially and be on top; be independent when it comes to energy.

.. but the US is bankrupt right now .. 

There are many countries with far worse GDP to debt ratios. Our debt is manageable. It's precisely this attitude that induces economic crashes. Credit is nothing more than the confidence someone has in you.

Looks manageable...

 

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Looks like the Burj Khalifa...

Looks like the Burj Khalifa...

.. lol ... lol .. lol ...

.. the new modern Dubai ..

 

 

I guess when you photograph something massive enough, it starts to look more like an illustration. That's what I keep seeing in these photos. Dubai looks more like a CGI simulation than a real city.

^^ With all that density, there is not much traffic!

Colonize and create resources on other planets, take advantage of harnessing energy in outer-space and sending it back down here in radio waves.

 

Top story: Santa Barbara. Ten thousand acres of wooded residential land were scorched in an instant when a laser canon aboard the Strategic Defense Peace Platform misfired today during routine tests. It was a day of mourning for the families of people known dead at this hour. Among them, two former U.S. presidents who had retired in the Santa Barbara area. A day of mourning for a country. - Robocop

 

Sorry for hijacking, mods. I absolutely could not resist.  :-)

  • 3 weeks later...

Man, I feel like a cold drink after looking at those photos.  I'll be seeing this eventually.  My firm operates an offic in Abu Dhabi, but I've never seen Dubai.  There's regular charter buses between Abu Dhabi and Dubai so getting around isn't much of an issue.  But the cost of going up in the tower is outrageously expensive.....and people complain about the Skydeck price here in chicago lol.

^^ With all that density, there is not much traffic!

 

I wish I could say it's because of their state of the art rail system...though I'm sure it gets decent ridership.  You can actually see the Red Line passing by on the right side of the photo.

  • 3 weeks later...

.. one night in this tent ..... :-o

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

sorry ...... fore booking this tent  ..

it`s very easy ...

 

http://www.burjalarabhotel.net/

Just for clucks and giggles I decided to see how much a night would be.  Imagine my surprise when I clicked on check rates and got a porn site.

Well, what else are you going to do when you're away from the wife and kids on business?

Well, what else are you going to do when you're away from the wife and kids on business?

... oohh yes .. you are right ...

it`s perhaps Virus .....  :-)

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