Monday, November 29, 2010

The Tallest Building In the World, Burj Khalifa, Dubai



A needle of glass surrounded by turquoise water in the middle of the desert. Here's how the complex looks, photographed by GeoEye 1, the highest resolution imaging commercial satellite.


GeoEye 1 is at an altitude of 684 kilometers over the surface of the Earth, and it's capable of capturing details of just 16 inches long in black and white, and 64 inches in color. 

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