Monday, July 7, 2008

Burj Dubai; the tallest skyscraper standing on earth


One of the most controversial news nowadays is the construction of the world’s tallest building; Burj Dubai. It has been said that the construction began on September 21, 2004 and expected to be occupied next year and that would particularly on September 2009. Imagine the construction of the building takes of about five years just to create an incredible breath taking skyscraper. Recently, the building has been the center of attraction all over the world not only because of its amazing tall height but as well as its unique design. There are millions of people nowadays that waited for the opening of the building.

The building is composed of 30, 000 homes which include nine hotels, 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall and the Burj Dubai Lake which is a man-made of about 0.12km or 0.05sq mi. The reason why the building was constructed it is because of the government’s decisions to spread their economy as well as tourism. The tallest building gives excitement to people to witness its launching and services to the public.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Striking Niagara Falls


The Niagara River was said to be the inheritance of the last Ice Age. During the past 18, 000 years, the southern part of Ontario has been dominated with ice sheets of about 2-3 kilometers thick. As the time goes on, the ice melted northward in which it bursts out massive amount of meltwater into these basins.

As the River spanning from the Canadian-United States International Border as well as the Province of Ontario and the State of the New York, there were about 12 million tourists come to visit the river because of its captivating and striking scenery. People in the United States have been tried to control the current flow of this massive water flows, however they failed to do it, even the modern engineers have failed. And most of the water nowadays is supplied through underground channels and pipes towards the nearby electric power stations. Today, the continuous rushing of tourists coming in here has been increased all year round to witness this incredible panoramic scenery in the United States.