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.
City skylines stand as testaments 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.
Perth, Australia / Photo by Ole Reidar Johansen.
Cologne, Germany / Photo by JaBB.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates / Photo from7_70.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Photo from The Wandering Angel.
Hong Kong / Photo by wenzday01.
Tokyo, Japan / Photo by tenaciousme.
Cairo, Egypt / Photo by Aldas Kirvaitis.
Moscow, Russia/ Photo by Alexander Andreev.
New York, New York, USA / Photo by Wilhelm J. Anderson.
Warsaw, Poland / Photo by Qba from Poland.
San Francisco, California, USA / Photo by Selena N. B. H..
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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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hong kong > everything else everything else fails miserably, especially new york
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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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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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Good idea! And that photo of Dubai – Wow!
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I enjoyed them very much, thank you!
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I liked most of the pictures but my question is, on the tab that I clicked to get into this article, there was a picture of Toronto, Canada, but it seems to not be in the list at all. Almost seems like false advertising.
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Love the Shanghai shot!
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