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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Absolutely agreed (though I can't thumbs up you because I don't feel like registering for their site). New York City's skyline is likely the most famous in the world, and certainly the most famous in America. That photograph is absolutely awful.
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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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San Francisco's picture is horrible also. Get one from Treasure Island or the east bay or a ferry. Shameful.
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LOL, this is quite laughable.. you can definately get better skyline pics then these.. the grain and blur makes my eyes hurt..
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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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what about Denver, Atlanta and Budapest? they at least should bump detroit, boston and warsaw off your list and you need better photography of each. 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 than this trash.
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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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they're missing Chicago and ISTANBUL! duh! and yes.. worst skyline of NY ever..
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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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The New York photo isn't even New York — it's New Jersey as seen from NY.
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Same goes for Vancouver.
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Did you take these with a disposable camera?
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LOL ! London and no Paris ? San Francisco without its bridges (hint: put a picture of SF captured from Tiburon) ? What a joke….
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WTF??? I live in Miami and i think the skyline does not deserve anywhere near the top! Digg is failing me :'(
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Yea, most of these photos suck. C'mon, I've taken better photos of the NYC skyline with my camera phone. The Graz photo isn't really a skyline even.
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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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Yeah i totally agree. And whats up with the Germany pic?? Almost looks like a grave yard. Boo Hoo!
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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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These fotos totally suck! Look at the Berlin picture: where is the skyline? Why aren't images klickable?? WTF?
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What about Seattle? It's better then half those.
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u take dese pics wivva Iphone? looks like it ne way 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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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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LOLOLOL No toronto? Terrible list.
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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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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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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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