So on Saturday, I had the opportunity to ride the Singapore Flyer. The ride lasts around 30 minutes. Here's some info. Having left my small Canon digi at home, I was left with my Sony Ericsson's 2mp camera and its panoramic-photo stitching feature. Here's the result:
The Wiki article (excerpts below) says it's the largest Ferris Wheel in the world. While the Wiki articles says the rotation direction of the Flyer was changed upon the advice of Feng Shui masters, the marcom manager of the Flyer gave us a more logical explanation. You see the central area of Singapore such as the CBD on descent, which leaves the best part for the latter half rather than an anticlimatic 15 mins of descent.
Reaching 42 stories high, the Flyer comprises a 150 m (492 ft) diameter wheel, built over a three-story terminal building, giving it a total height of 165 m (541 ft). This exceeds the Star of Nanchang by 5 m (16 ft) and the London Eye by 30 m (98 ft). Each of the 28 air-conditioned capsules are capable of holding 28 passengers each, and a complete rotation of the wheel takes approximately 30 minutes. Initially rotating in an anticlockwise direction when viewed from Marina Centre, its direction was changed on 4 August 2008 under the advise of Feng shui masters.
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Here's a better photo, I couldn't be bothered to photoshop them for sharpness and colour balancing, opting more for the low-fi, lomo-like randomness of the originals from my cameraphone.
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