Chicago skyline reflected off the Bean / Photo by jswieringa. Feature photo by Pete Carr.
Some of the best instances in which humanity attempts to reach for the heavens.
Something about the outline of a city against its clear, crisp sky stops us in our tracks and commands our attention.
How mesmerizing it is to gaze upon the contours of our structures as they stretch toward the clouds above. Each building rises higher than the next and stands as testament to human engineering and architectural advancements. Its shape reveals our history, our culture, our beliefs, our beauty to the infinite universe. How can we not stop and stare?
Below are staggeringly beautiful images where city meets sky all across the globe.
Miami, Florida, USA / Photo by vgm8383.
Bangkok, Thailand / Photo by Andrew Hux.
Vancouver, British Columbia / Photo by kennymatic.
Republic Plaza, Singapore / Photo by Singapor3.
Sydney, Australia / Photy by Maik Radke.
Shanghai, China / Photo by Molas.
London, England / Photo by vemma.
South Perth, Australia / Photo by Ole Reidar Johansen.
Cologne, Germany / Photo by JaBB.
Graz, Austria / Photo by dr.wiwo.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA / Photo by pxlpusher.
Hong Kong / Photo by wenzday01.
Detroit, Michigan / Photo by Sagittariuss.
Berlin, Germany / Photo by moonb00twalkerinthedark.
Venice, Italy / Photo by vgm8383.
New York, New York, USA / Photo by Fredo Alvarez.
Warsaw, Poland / Photo by Qba from Poland.
San Francisco, California, USA / Photo by David Paul Ohmer.
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Wow, harsh replies. Some of them are excellent, I agree others could have been better.
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What a horrid photo blog. I could've taken better photos with a polaroid. Many of them aren't even skylines. Just awful.
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I don't know about everyone else, but Las Vegas has an amazing looking skyline.
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The picture of Vancouver's Skyline is terrible…no mountains? Ohhh and yeah I know it is gaudy and tacky but what about the Vegas strip?? Some of the most unique buildings in the world… yeah hotels, but still.
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no philadelphia? and i agree, some of these pictures are terrible.
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Chicago is the very first picture.
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Love most of the pictures. The Austria and San Fran ones don't really grab me, but the others are pretty!
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I agree, that is not the NY skyline I remember.
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I like it thanks
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Why the fuck didn't you include the auckland city skyline, faggot? Look alot better than the asian ones. Fail blog is fail.
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Wow, it's amazing how many of these comments boil down to "why didn't you use the most obvious, well-known angle?!" [Insert inexplicable levels of rage and expletives.] Take a deep breath, folks. In through the nose, out through the mouth… Sure, I've seen better shots of some of these places - but most of these pics are stunning, and many of them are a little different than the usual ones I've seen a million times - which is a plus, I think. Worst photos you've ever seen? Really? If that's true, you need to get out more. There are whole worlds of incompetence out there that you've never experienced - you have no idea what you're missing. Once again, everybody: breathe…. breathe…. breathe….
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Perhaps the title "The World’s Most Spectacular Skylines" was a bit presumptuous. Maybe something like, "A different look at the skylines we know so well…." 3 out of 10.
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Wow! nearly everyone that commented on this post are such…jerks. Sorry, but c'mon isn't that what a blog is about, to put a different perspective out there. Its someone's personal opinion and if you don't agree, that's cool but to post stuff like: "Your list is fucking horrible. You have some of the WORST pictures ever. Some of them ARENT EVEN SKYLINES. Learn to use the internet. Toronto has one of the nicest most ORIGINAL skylines in the world and you didnt even include it?" "'d rather see pictures of the new Nissan Skyline than this trash. " "Why the fuck didn't you include the auckland city skyline, faggot? Look alot better than the asian ones. Fail blog is fail. " God, most of you commentators are such haters. Personally, I liked the writing and theres no need for harsh comments. WTF is wrong with you guys? "How mesmerizing it is to gaze upon the contours of our structures as they stretch toward the clouds above. Each building rises higher than the next and stands as testament to human engineering and architectural advancements. Its shape reveals our history, our culture, our beliefs, our beauty to the infinite universe. How can we not stop and stare?" –> That's an interesting point and her wording was beautiful. I think most of the commentators missed the point of the whole thing and I'm ashamed that I read the same site as people who would use words like "faggot" or gain a wee bit of self-esteem by harshly and violently dragging someone down.
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they all look like fake HDR's
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photos look nice but theyre were some that lacked skylines and focused too much on just one building.
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Show us your tits and/or your ass These pics suck!
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hong kong > everything else everything else fails miserably, especially new york
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i dont' even think it's the real city…i'm pretty sure that's brooklyn… suck's eitherway…
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you're an asshole. I hope whatever balls you do have, they shrivel up and go back inside you and that a dog gnaws off your penis you sick sack of sexist shit. Oh, and I hope your mom takes pictures of it and sends it off as xmas greeting cards. You're disgusting.
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I actually thought some of the pics were cool. What's the big deal anyway? Why is everyone going nuts and being such assholes? Seriously, I don't get the basis for such an undeserved violent reaction. If the person was writing about how women should show their tits or that we should kill kittens, yeah, I might say not so nice things too..but seriously, what's everybody's problem?
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Two great skylines left out: Frankfurt and Calgary also the NYC shot was bunk.
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Great pics. I'll have to go to these places.
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what? This is rubbish!!
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Pittsburgh.
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Nice to see Perth in there! Great picture!
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Worst NYC skyline ever
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I kinda liked some of these pics! What's with all the vitriol?!
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they forgot oxford, england [IMG]” target=”_blank”>http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k354/livvydee/...
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Perth…not South Perth. and is that just a big puddle? Although it is nice to see Perth there, it doesn't get much attention as the worlds most isolated city.
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Perth having a "spectacular skyline"? Sorry. This is a collection of good photographs, with little bearing on the actual skyline.
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Hello, Thanks for using my San Francisco photo on your website. I very much appreciate it. I really liked the other photos of Perth, London and Miami as well. Sincerely, Dave P. Ohmer
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Ouch, really? Have you been to Detroit?
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really spectacular captures…but whare's the polluted sky of bejing?
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i translate your wonderful article into chinese in http://www.yeeyan.com/
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You need to get around a bit more many of these would be relegated if you did..
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Thanks for bringing some spectacular cities to our attention, but yeah, most of these photos are comically bad.
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Gosh, what an 'interesting' thread… whoever would have thought that a blog on 'skylines' (although a couple in there aren't really skylines at all) would inspire such 'passion'. Dubai (the Deira skyline from the Bur Dubai side) and Abu Dhabi (taken from the giant flagpole) should definitely be there. Along with Istanbul for sure. And that picture is of Perth, not South Perth (could be taken from South Perth I think). I think the problem with a lot of these photos is that they are so over-processed - put them on a professional photographer's site and they'd be laughed at - although they probably wouldn't be the subject of such verbal abuse. Great idea for a post!
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