Don't look down

It's strange how many people think the world's tallest building is still the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which stand at 452m. It isn't: since as long ago as 2004 the world's tallest building has been Taipei 101 in Taiwan, standing at 509m. But three weeks ago the exterior of the Burj Dubai was completed, standing at a mind-boggling 818m. If these numbers mean nothing and you need some idea of scale, look here:



I took this photo a few days ago taking off from Dubai, and I've only enhanced the colour slightly. As aerial shots go it's one of my personal favourites, alongside this view of Manhattan that I took a few years ago.