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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what about Denver, Atlanta and Budapest? Also i'm not sure london, venice and colgone should be on this list. yes they have great architecture but it's not great 'skyline architecture" per se
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I'd rather see pictures of the new Nissan Skyline.
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they're missing Chicago and ISTANBUL! duh!
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I think that severeal shots do in fact look awesome (Hong Kong and Miami).
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Scroll up u see Dimes photos of NY true skline atnight. I'm english, dont like london, think its unfriendly, dirty, hideously over priced, poor transport links, an dangerous if u wander not far from the city centre. All Lononers reading this, guess where in the UK i come from ?
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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?
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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…."
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Well it's hard to make something shitty look like gold. So yeah, that's why the New York skyline looks like it does.
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It's hard to make something shitty look like gold. That's why the New York skyline looks like it does. Sorry your city looks even worse than detroit, and detroit sucks.
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No mountains in the Vancouver skyline? WTF? Thats like taking a picture of the lights shining on the mona lisa instead of the painting. Booo-urns.
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Where's the picture of Seattle?
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Good idea, mediocre execution. Weak-sauce picture of NYC.
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Shouldn't these pictures actually be of the skyline of these cities?
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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 some 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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Also, being from Chicago, I give that one an F-. I've taken better shots of the bean and of the skyline in general.
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The Seattle skiyline is many times better than most of those pictures.
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Vancouver has nothing on Toronto and Detroit has a bleak skyline at the best of times
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There are amazing shots up there, but some of your choices are simply baffling.
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I liked a lot of the pics, but really, it wasn't that hard to find a few decent and a couple really good nyc skyline pics…..just saying. ” target=”_blank”>http://flickr.com/photos/rutowski/2040279214/size...” target=”_blank”>http://learnsomeshit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/...” target=”_blank”>http://flickr.com/photos/blypix/2721586069/sizes/...
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Same goes for Vancouver.
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Call me crazy, but Pittsburgh deserves to be on that list over a few of those. Say what you want about the city, but it's beautiful to look at from the top of Mt. Washington at night.
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you missed edinburgh ” target=”_blank”>http://flickr.com/photos/fallenidol/2733371480/in...
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Umm…Dubai? I mean, really.
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awe crap, i thought i was gonna look at some sweet cars
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Totally agree, Pittsburgh needed to be on that list. Just check out some of the photos on this site: http://www.pittsburghskyline.com/
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Toronto, with its iconic CN Tower and Skydome blow several of these out of the water. Calgary's not looking too shabby these days either, especially if you get the mountains in the background (eg ” target=”_blank”>http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/etb/cetc/combustion/co2...
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Er, Calgary again with a working URL: ” target=”_blank”>http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/etb/cetc/combustion/co2...
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Thanks that was cool
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the first few are just gorgeous. the rest… not so much. hell, some of them aren't even skylines.
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hong kong > everything else
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What about Seattle? It's better then half those.
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That Venice shot sucks. There are no skyscrapers there — would you even consider that a skyline? Also, I notice the absence of Minneapolis on this list — it's way better than half of the cities you've got up there!
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Wow, harsh replies. Some of them are excellent, I agree others could have been better.
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I don't know about everyone else, but Las Vegas has an amazing looking skyline.
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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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Two great skylines left out: Frankfurt and Calgary.
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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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photos look nice but theyre were some that lacked skylines and focused too much on just one building.
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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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Great pics. I'll have to go to these places.
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Pittsburgh.
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I kinda liked some of these pics!
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Nice to see Perth in there! Great picture!
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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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