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Skyline in the Heat

Skyline in the Heat

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Adele D. Oliver

Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

Skyline in the Heat

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the skyline with its highrises and the famous tall Burj Khalifa taken through the window of our bus ..

Things I did not know:
Burj Khalifa was designed to be the centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development to include 30,000 homes, nine hotels, 3 hectares of parkland, at least 19 residential skyscrapers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare artificial Burj Khalifa Lake. The decision to build Burj Khalifa was reportedly based on the government's decision to diversify from an oil-based economy to one that is service and tourism based. According to officials, it was necessary for projects like Burj Khalifa to be built in order to garner more international recognition, and hence investment. He (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum) wanted to put Dubai on the map with something really sensational. The tower was known as Burj Dubai ("Dubai Tower") until its official opening in January 2010. It was renamed in honour of the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Abu Dhabi and the federal government of UAE lent Dubai tens of billions of US dollars so that Dubai could pay its debts – Dubai borrowed at least $80 billion for construction projects. In the 2000s, Dubai started diversifying its economy but it suffered from an economic crisis in 2007–2010, leaving large-scale projects already in construction abandoned. (thank you, Wikipedia)

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world skyline architecture asia tower dubai subjects burj dubai burj khalifa middle east united arab emirates heat midle east highrises

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Section Subjects: Architecture
Dossier Emirates, Oman
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APN Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Objectif 4.3 - 215.0 mm
Ouverture 5
Temps de pose 1/400
Focale 21.2 mm
ISO 100