Official opening of the World's Tallest Building

G37Sam

Some shots of the fireworks display and the inauguration of Burj Dubai/Khalifa taken by a friend of mine

1) Before the inauguration started...


2) Initial fireworks


3) Light show...


4) This was soo cool...


Current records
Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m (1,671 ft))
Tallest structure ever built: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m (2,121 ft))
Tallest extant structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m (2,063 ft))
Tallest freestanding structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m (1,815 ft))
Building with most floors: 160 (previously both 1 and 2 World Trade Center – 110)[25][4]
World's highest elevator installation[26]
World's fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)[26] (previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s)
Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)[27] (previously Taipei 101 – 449.2 m (1,474 ft))
Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 606 m (1,988 ft)[27] (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant – 532 m (1,745 ft)[28])
The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space[29]
Highest outdoor observation deck in the world[30]
Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
Tallest service elevator in the world
World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)[14]

__________________