NOVEMBER 17, 2009
SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL FROM BURJ DUBAI
THE BURJ DUBAI FOUNTAIN..
BEAUTIFUL AND BIG!
Hiddy Ho friends of lockerridge!
Just how is your hiddy and your ho doing these days?
Mine seems to be finally finding the sunshine that has been hidden behind the clouds for months.. not that I do not have those occasional partly cloudy to downright thunderstorm days still yet.. but hey.. I will be grateful for any break in the constant hurricane I had going on for a while.. with occasional violent tornado's and hail to boot!
I happened upon a wonderful thing on the site, Dark Roasted Blend, yesterday and thought it might be something to share with all of you.. I think it is just pretty great myself... without further adieu.. on with ....
The Marvelous Burj Dubai Fountain Show
The Dubai Fountain
recently finished by the Burj Dubai
I am sure that when you hear the word Dubai in reference to anything you expect bigger and more flashy than anything you have ever seen.
Hence as expected, the world's tallest fountain is in Dubai, and as you would expect, it is installed next to the world's tallest building, which is also in Dubai. And as you would expect, it's as immense and awesome, as everything else there.
It was built for $217 million by WET Design, which is the same company that created the one at the Bellagio Hotel, in Las Vegas.
As seen in the video the plumes of water can reach a height of 492 feet, (as tall as a 50 story building) into the air.
The 900-foot long water show uses 6,600 lights, 50 colored projectors, and hundreds of servos, all computer controlled and synchronized with music to offer some very sophisticated water entertainment.
The musical piece is "Time To Say Goodbye", performed by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.
To really get the feel of the whole thing.. click onto the option to see it full screen.. it gives you a whole new sense of what WoW really means..
There are many more presentations featuring other music. If you want to see one that will make you think water is alive and can dance.. I recommend Shik Shak Shoc...
[Source - Wikipedia and Dark Roasted Blend]
The link below takes you another site in the 360cities 3D Panoramic viewers of extraordinary things.
I love these sites with these little gizmos! I can stay for hours just playing and having a great time!
Try it out.. and remember.. it takes a bit of getting the hang of using the controls of the viewer.. and it might seem like it is nothing but something to make you dizzy and wish to wring my neck for sending you there... but give it a little time and practice and you will get hooked too!
3D Panoramic Dubai Fountain
lockerridge
