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Is it afternoon prayer time on a WE with 50C or something like that? As I can see the entire city has:

- nobody walking in the streets (I failed to find a single one…)

- no cars beyond the handful in far away parking lots

- nobody working on construction sites

I did see some people working on construction sites. However, I have been to Dubai and it is perfectly normal that nobody is walking down the streets - it's way too hot.

This one time I stepped of a cab to take a picture and it was excruciating, we could only stay outside for about 2 minutes before giving up.

There's some pretty crazy heat artifacts, too, if you rotate toward the left of the original position.

http://i.imgur.com/i2ZUcxC.png

Here's a 50 gigapixel image of Vienna:

http://photoartkalmar.com/Photoart%20Kalmar%20high%20res/Gig...

Surreal. Looks like video game art of depiction of a future city.

Beautiful, surprisingly few people in the shot. Since I only found 3-4 in a few minutes, I guess it's hot outside :)

What are these towers mainly used for? Housing? Businesses? Tourism?

Also that mall is HUGE.

I found giant road cones the size of people!

I am thinking of the ocean in Lems Solaris, who might have built something similar.

Dubai 45 gigapixels