Dubai Fountain Will Be the Largest, Most Technologically Advanced Water Works of its Kind

In Dubai, they're doing things big these days. Big hotels, big palm tree islands, big wallets, and very soon, big $281 million fountains. The biggest one in the world, in fact, and it will be large enough to give the famed fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas an inferiority complex.

At 825 feet long, the unnamed fountain will be 25% larger than the Bellagio fountain. Powering the fountain will be pumps capable of shooting columns of water approximately 450 or so feet into the dry Middle Eastern air. A light and sound show produced by a network of 6,600 lights and 50 projectors will illuminate the burgeoning Dubai skyline at night. About 22,000 gallons of water are expected to cycle through the fountain at any given time when it is completed in 2009.

Burj Dubai July 5th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai July 5th 2008 photo update, the first columns of tier 20 can be seen now the Burj Dubai is 668.9 meters tall now also. This tier starts with a terrace that is the roof of tier 19 wing facing 120 degrees.

Burj Dubai July 4th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai July 4th 2008 photo update, here is a nice photo of the Burj Dubai, the cladding at dusk looks very nice.

Burj Dubai July 3rd 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai July 3rd 2008 photo update, this photo of the Burj Dubai was taken from the airport in Dubai

Burj Dubai July 2nd 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai July 2nd 2008 photo update, here is two photos of the Burj Dubai that show the observation deck. The Burj Dubai observation deck will be a out side terrace at level 124 442 meters in height.