Still hoping to contract a nice case of vertigo? This video, made from the top of the horrifically tall Burj Dubai is sure to get you once step closer to that fear of heights. There is (currently) no man-made structure higher, so take all those VHS tapes of you and your family at the Sears Tower and tape over them with re-runs of Kate & Allie. The video is insane, not only because it stares straight down from 2,684 feet, but because the tower wobbles.
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As a draftsman I've never work on anything remotely near to this.... but as I understand it the tower has to wobble a bit to handle the wind and earthquakes. if it were stiff it would break.