Extraordinary 28-Hour Dubai Timelapse Makes The World Seem Magical

Back in 2011 when Gerald Donovan filmed Dubai for 28 hours he made an incredible timelapse of it. But he couldn't leave well enough alone. After the limitless potential of the footage nagged at him for a few years he came back to it and made another beautiful version.

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Watch a Sand Storm From the Top of the World's Tallest Building

Dubai-based Photographer Gerald Donovan went to the top of the tallest skyscraper in the world—the 2,722-foot tall Burj Khalifa—just in time to watch a sand storm engulfing the city. It wasn't a pleasant experience, but he captured it on this video.

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Hearing the World’s Tallest Building Creak in a Storm Is Terrifying

Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper is a lot of things: a testament to humankind's love of building humungous stuff for the hell of it. It's very shiny! And in a bad storm, it sounds like it's about to fall apart.

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The Most Spectacular New Year's Eve Fireworks Are Definitely In Dubai

Sometimes I think Dubai exists in its very own dimension, an alternative over-the-top world where everything has to be the best of the best. This amazing photograph by Gerald Donovan is proof: the biggest and tallest firework show in the world, shot on New Year's Eve 2013 at the Burj Khalifa, the highest man-made…

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Predictably, the US Refused to Sign That UN Internet Treaty

Over the past fortnight, the internet has been awash with debate over the future of the internet: the UN, so the stories went, was planning to change the governance of the internet for good. Predictably, the US has point-blank refused to play ball—along with Canada and the UK—and that stops proceeding dead.

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Calm Down: Nobody Is Taking Over the Internet

For the next two weeks, the ITU—a United Nations agency that was formed to regulate telegraph lines in the 19th century—will try to make new rules for the Internet. This makes some people worried, but nobody should be. The entire conference is pointless.

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This Satellite Image Makes Dubai Look Like a Toy Town

This image, acquired by France's Pleiades satellite, makes Dubai look like a well lit diorama table. Given its absurd skyscrapers, ridiculous fountains and insanely sculpted town planning, perhaps that should come as no surprise. [ESA]

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Spectacular Dubai Engulfed By Fog Looks Like Cloud City

Dubai-based photographer Gerald Donovan has sent us this spectacular video of the city completely engulfed by fog. It's extremely beautiful and eerie, with the Burj Khalifa and the rest of the buildings completely detached from the ground, apparently built on clouds.

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