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]

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Paul@AEperformance

Wow!

Now for some shots up top

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m4a1mustang

That building is totally useless, but awesome at the same time. I hope to visit one day.

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Mike

awesome pics! I have really enjoyed my visits to Dubai. I'm switching back to a smaller plane now, so I fear I won't be back for a while.

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tranceformer

I read somewhere that because of the design of the building, the top 30 or so floors are tiny (and useless).

Greasy

The pictures make it look so nice. I personally thought it looked very awkward and out of place though. I didn't see it 100% complete, but it was almost done...

G37Sam

Oh you should see it now!

They have those beam projectors keeping that place lit just so nice!

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theDreamer

Sam, do you have any distance shots (night or day)?

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G37Sam

There you go!

Not sure I can get any better pix, that thing won't fit in a pic without having a wide lens and a stand lol

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theDreamer

So being here everyone enjoys seeing pictures of this building and such, but what do people there think of it?

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frost

That thing has businesses as one would expect, but don't people have like, apartments in there as well?