I'm totally obsessed with this building

This building I'm obsessed with is the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building that just opened in Dubai. I have as my desktop picture, I constantly show any new picture I find, and wishfully plan a trip to visit one day.

I've been on a few tall things in my life like the WTC Twin Towers (415 meters), The Empire State Building (381 meters), and even that Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas (350 meters) where I promptly chickened out on the ride that shoots you straight up another 160ft.

Anyhow the Burj Dubai is much taller than all those structures. By a lot:





Back from vacation I missed this video of the grand opening that took place on New Years. Oh this happened today (er yesterday our time) Here is the full 6 minute opening celebration/fireworks below. The long shot of the building exploding in fireworks would have been amazing to see in person. I especially love the blasts shooting out the very top from some sort of rotating cannon.




Click for the short, better quality 1 minute video of just the fireworks which I can't embed here. Totally worth the jump over to youtube.

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  1. i'm totally freaked out by heights. the mere thought of taking an elevator to the top of this building makes me want to throw up.
    i will live vicariously through you when you go there. that will be more than enough for me.

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  2. Um... is it just me or does that TOTALLY look like Saruman's tower from the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers movie?

    Or did I just completely out myself as a nerd on the blog of someone I've never met?

    (PS - found your blog through my girl Krista - lovely guest post on her blog, btw...)

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