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    Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds

    World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action

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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    11/19/09

    In reply to Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds
    I thought that was an aerial picture of a parking lot in Dubai
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    11/19/09

    In reply to Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds
    I'm not quite sure that this is the formation of planes waiting to "zip-zip-zoom" through the sky :)

    Otherwise cool photo.
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    Image of bioball bioball
    11/19/09

    In reply to Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds
    They kinda look like koi all lined up for feeding.
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    Image of a10jeep a10jeep
    11/18/09

    In reply to Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds
    that is a E-8, B-1, C-130, F-15E, KC-135, HH-60 and my Baby the F-16. the F-14 has been out of service for some time now sitting in the boneyard
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    Image of FalconFour FalconFour
    11/19/09


    @a10jeep: *Gleegasm* Is there seriously someone out there that loves the F-16 as much as I do? It's the only plane I could pick out of the whole crowd... I can pick 'em out by engine sound, lettering (I mean, seeing the phrase F-16 in a wall of text), a 10x10 pixelated image, TV static, or even in a group of clouds. Maybe I'm just hopelessly obsessed.

    But I think I found it...

    edit: y'know, considering the sheer massive size of an F-16, the little image above is kinda a huge taste of scale... an aircraft whose wing comes up to the top of my head being reduced to a 10x10px square in an aerial shot? Wow.
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    BergenCountyJC can edit his name? promoted this comment Edited by FalconFour at 11/19/09 4:50 AM FalconFour was starred FalconFour was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    11/18/09

    In reply to Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds
    It must suck to be the 737 parked close to the terminal and have to try to find the owner of the 777's and 787's to ask them to move so you can leave.

    "Will the owner of the gray 777 please return to your plane. Someone needs to go pick up more beer."
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/18/09

    In reply to Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds
    Well I see a Hercules, a Globemaster, a B-1, but dagnabbit all the most interesting ones are too mothersucking small.
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    Image of NotSoSiniSter NotSoSiniSter
    11/18/09

    In reply to Bird's Eye View of Some Fast Birds
    i see 2 747-400s the planes right of the cross looking thing seem to be either Airbus A310s or boeing 737s. the darker ones to the very left look like some Hercules ones.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/18/09

    @NotSoSiniSter: I think its funny that you picked up on the commercial airliners first. All of my childhood fawning over airplanes never included people carriers.

    Yeah thats defiantly a Hercules C-130 (or some variation there of) in the upper most left. Thats a B-1 under it. The massive one next to it might be a C-5 Galaxy, just 'cause well its massive. There looks to be an f-14 in there. Its one of the "smaller" darker ones.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/18/09

    @tande04: I just wish the res was better
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/18/09 10:01 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of GodfreyOriole GodfreyOriole
    11/18/09

    @tande04: NO f-14's they were decommissioned because the US Government rather have a more expensive less capable plane in the super hornet . (the last one to ever fly in the US is here in bethpage).
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    tande04 promoted this comment GodfreyOriole was starred GodfreyOriole was unstarred
    Image of snoop_dizzle snoop_dizzle
    11/18/09

    @tande04: Yeah I when I was a kid I was obsessed with military aircraft. There was this sort of collectible (monthly release I think) series called Aircraft of the World (I believe) and I loved building it up with all the aircraft. You basically were given large 3 ring binders and you would get a series of new pages of air craft with all the specs and info on them. They were sorted into a ton of sub categories to go through them easier. I had a like 5 + large binders. Lol that brings back a lot of memories.

    Anyway, it would be cooler if there was a high-res photo.

    I want to say one of the small ones is an F-15 too, but the pic is too small
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    GitEmSteveDave_WantzTaunTaunBag promoted this comment Edited by snoop_dizzle at 11/18/09 10:10 PM snoop_dizzle was starred snoop_dizzle was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    11/18/09

    @snoop_dizzle: Did yours include the Enterprise D in one page?
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/18/09

    @GodfreyOriole: I was going to say I don't think that the Government moving on to a new plane would really dictate what shows up at an airshow but according to wiki they "shredded" all the f-14's which I would have never guessed.

    Still... It doesn't look angular enough for an f-15 and its obviously got to be one of the bigger fighters. Hmm... maybe its just shadows that are throwing off the shape. Plus as Kaiser said its pretty low res.
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    Image of snoop_dizzle snoop_dizzle
    11/18/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_WantzTaunTaunBa...: Lol it should of ;).

    I did also have an entire book on all the Star Trek ships (I grew up on TNG), and then a pretty good amount of stuff of Star Wars (I was a bigger Star Wars fan though). I was sort of geeky as a kid. I was a BIG lego kid lol.

    Wow, I am digressing o_O
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    Image of NotSoSiniSter NotSoSiniSter
    11/18/09

    @tande04: lol :D yea ive traveled alot. i know what the most popular ones are. :D

    #tips
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    Image of PLAAND88 PLAAND88
    11/20/09

    @tande04: C-17, not the Galaxy
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/20/09

    @PLAAND88: Ooooh.



    #tips
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    Image of Mike Mike
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Screw You India! The USA still holds this title of worlds tallest fountain!!! Fountain Hills, AZ 560 feet - bishes! #burjdubaifountain
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    The-Simpsons-Rule!! promoted this comment Mike was starred Mike was unstarred
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    11/09/09

    @Mike Benedetto: India? #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of TysonZetes TysonZetes
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Hmm, Dubai is like my 10 year-old godchild... He wants crap just because everyone else has it and of course, he gets it. I'm kinda' bored of that pattern and Dubai has no character now- it's just a spoiled brat.
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    BergenCountyJC promoted this comment TysonZetes was starred TysonZetes was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Funny that you should post this... I'm at the Bellagio right now. :) About to head home, unfortunately. I love me some Vegas. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    11/09/09

    @Homerjay is utterly alone.: You could always move here like me. Then you'd be home right now. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/09/09

    @Xeno: No thanks. 3 days at a time is PLENTY. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Could someone explain to me Gizmodo's infatuation with those money-sucking, environment-raping slave drivers in Dubai?

    I really don't understand what is so appealing about Dubai's waste and excess built on the backs of slaves. No, seriously, I don't. #burjdubaifountain
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    Benguin promoted this comment Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/09/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Maybe because it reminds us of home.

    Good ol' America. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    Every single time I see "worlds biggest" or "world's largest" It's always in dubai. That is excluding humans of course. All of the worlds largest of those are in America apparently. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @yantelope: You wish!

    People in the UAE are eating too much of the wrong foods and straining the nation’s food supply, according to food experts and a recently released UN report. The Food and Agriculture Organisation estimated that the average daily caloric intake per person in the UAE in 2005 was just over 3,000 calories – almost a third above the recommended amount for a healthy person.
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    At least one child in six in the UAE under the age of five suffers from stunted growth as a result of poor nutrition, according to doctors.
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    More than one in three children in Dubai are overweight, according to a study released yesterday by Dubai Health Authority.

    Sources:
    [www.thenational.ae]
    [www.thenational.ae]
    [www.thenational.ae] #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Oh noes! Factual evidence that combats the "fat American" stereotype? My head asplode! #burjdubaifountain
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment Slyd3z was starred Slyd3z was unstarred
    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Curses! Foiled again! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @Slyd3z: Nope, it merely says "Other people are fat, too!"

    Many Americans are still tubs of delicious lard. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of vqro vqro
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: We are indeed the fattest in the world. How dare Dubai want to take that title from us!!! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @vqro: The UAE is at a disadvantage and has to import some 80 per cent of the food it consumes. We can take 'em! Home-grown advantage! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Slyd3z Slyd3z
    11/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: Oh, okay. In that case, can you help me put together a petition to get the Windows 7 burger on American Burger King menus? #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    at first i was like "eh"

    then I noticed it was 6 stories high :| #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    This makes the Bellagio fountains look like a garden hose and a flashlight. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/09/09

    @macpatrik: Really? considering how old the one at the Bellagio is, I'd say it's surprisingly similar, only bigger. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/09/09

    In reply to World's Tallest, Most Expensive Fountain In Sparkling Action
    I would think the air there so dry that all this water would evaporate quickly. Its pretty though, and I wouldnt mind throwing a penny in it. #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/09/09

    @Curves: Humidity in the UAE is very often over 80%. Thankfully summer is over, so it's no longer 105 degrees at night with 95% humidity. Walking home from work was bleh.

    Also, don't throw a penny, get some 1 fil pieces. Only 0.0027 cents! #burjdubaifountain
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    Image of spathak85 spathak85
    11/09/09

    @Curves: Lol.

    "The air is dry and leads to the water evaporating quickly".

    Clearly you do not have a science background and I won't hold you liable for your comment.

    Humidity levels in Dubai are perennially high. It ranges from a healthy 40% all the way up to 80% during the high season. It has been found to be more than 80% sometimes.

    The heat in Dubai is unbearably high only for 2-3 months a year to even have a significant effect on still-standing water bodies i.e. artificial lakes and ponds a la Emirates Hills, Jumeirah Lake Towers, The Meadows etc.

    The average temperature is lower now than it was a decade ago, rain is more common than in yester-years. Humidity levels remain high. The water is not evaporating simply because the air is dry.

    Dubai is an amazing city with unbelievable identity crisis. Having being born and brought up there, I can attest to the outlandish and seemingly unsustainable undertakings by the city and its myriad planners. It always takes time for forward vision and unabated excited execution balance themselves out. The exuberance has ended and the process of balance is underway.

    I cannot help but appreciate Dubai for its initiatives notwithstanding the numerous issues that have arisen. Nowhere in the world can yo usee so many things being done so fast. The underlying issues, contradictions and concerns will duly be addressed.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/09/09

    @spathak85: The actual quote is "I would think the air there so dry that all this water would evaporate quickly". That has nothing to do with a lack of science background, more lack of familiarity with the climate of the UAE. And please feel free to hold me liable for any comment I make here, but please just use the actual quote. #burjdubaifountain
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