Tokyo Skytree And the View From On High

After a recent post about a chunk of snow/ice falling from the Tokyo Skytree and plowing through the roof of a local (read about that HERE), I was reminded of a tweet sent to me last month by my good friend Matthew Hall.

That's it above.

The photo is of the Skytree and its enormous shadow, taken on April 7, 2012 by one of DigitalGlobe's orbiting satellites. DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider of commercial, high-resolution, world imagery products and services. Click HERE for their website.

What strikes me about the photo is the fact that it is right in the midst of the city... there's buildings and homes and businesses all around the darn thing.

Here in Toronto, he have the CN Tower which for decades was the tallest free-standing structure in the world. When it was built, there were buildings around it of course, but none that were beside it like is evident in the Skytree picture.

How would you like to live or work in the shadow of the Skytree tower? Having it blot out the sun for a while everyday?

It's pretty effing huge, isn't it? It's the second-tallest free-standing structure in the world at 634 meters (2,080-feet) in height (trailing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 829.8-meters/2,722-feet). It's shadow extends for blocks and blocks and blocks.

I can see why Godzilla 'likes' Tokyo. Photo by Atomark.

Anyhow... for reference purposes, here's a shot of the Toronto skyline featuring the 553-meter (1,815-feet)  CN Tower.

Toronto Skyline - photo by Francis Fogliani.

Cheers
Andrew Joseph