British daredevil James Kingston posted a video of himself climbing the Marina 101 in Dubai, the tallest residential building in the world. The Marina 101 is a 101-floor, 425-meter skyscraper currently under construction in the Dubai Marina. The crane he scaled rises to 450 meters. Watch the video below.
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World’s Longest Glass Suspension Bridge
It’s called Haohan Qiao, Brave Men’s Bridge in English. The 300-meter-long (984 feet) structure is now officially the longest glass suspension bridge in the world. The glass walkway suspended a stomach-flipping 180 meters (590 feet) above ground, hanging between two cliffs at Hunan’s Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in south china. The bridge was originally made of wood, but engineers began… Continue reading World’s Longest Glass Suspension Bridge
The 20 Tallest Skylines in The World
Fly Dubai has created a very interesting infographic that features information of tall buildings throughout the world. Skylines within cities such as Dubai’s 828 meter high Burj Khalifa, Shanghai, New York, London, Mumbai and more, and totalled up the total height of the top five highest buildings in each city, all in the these graphics you see below. via: Design You Trust
Climbing The Ping An Finance Centre
Two climbers dedicating their lives to scaling some of the world’s tallest and most iconic buildings without safety harnesses. The young daredevil climbed to dizzying heights to take these stomach-turning selfie pictures from the tips of the Ping An Finance Centre, 660 meters (2,165 ft) in Shenzhen, China. Watch the video below.
AirPano: Travel Book 360°
AirPano Travel Book specializes in taking high definition 360Âş panoramas of the most amazing places in the world, like 360 Aerial Panorama of Dubai. They have thousands of flat and interactive 360Âş photos on their website. The AirPano Travel Book application is now available for iPad and iPhone via the iTunes store. Watch video below to learn more… Continue reading AirPano: Travel Book 360°
Tower Bridge: The Dubstep Movement
Opened on the 30th June 1894, Tower Bridge in London is a combination of a Bascule and Suspension Bridge. It’s recently undergone a makeover with the addition of glass floor sections in the East and West walkways. Photographer Chad Gordon Higgins of Chadchud Timelapse has created a short, morphing time-lapse video that documents daily life on… Continue reading Tower Bridge: The Dubstep Movement
Chinese Made Great Sphinx
The life-size copycat Great Sphinx of Giza is under construction in Chuzhou, China’s Anhui Province, where officials aim to build a ‘World Culture Heritage Park’. But it’s not the first time China has ripped off the ancient Egyptians. In May last year, it was reported that a full-size replica of the Great Sphinx was ordered to… Continue reading Chinese Made Great Sphinx
Dubai Flow Motion
Filmmaker Rob Whitworth created an amazing hyperlapse of the beautiful City of Dubai. The incredible 3 minutes video of Dubai was shot over a period of 3 months. The result is an extraordinary journey through the city of Dubai.