Dubai’s sky-scrapers photographed bathed in a sea of clouds.

EN IMAGES. Les gratte-ciel de Dubaï plongés dans une mer de nuages

Depuis plusieurs jours, la mégapole est plongée dans le brouillard.                                     The country’s mega-buildings are plunged in fog.

Une ville qui a la tête dans les nuages. Pour pouvoir contempler l’horizon à Dubaï (Emirats arabes unis), il n’y a pas beaucoup de choix, rapporte Paris Match : il faut grimper les étages des immenses gratte-ciel qui dominent la ville. Car un épais brouillard s’est installé depuis plusieurs jours sur la cité du désert. La visibilité est réduite à 100 mètres et l’humidité est importante.

A city with it’s head in the clouds. To contemplate the Dubai horizon, (UAE) there’s not a lot of options, reports Paris Match: It is necessary to climb many levels of the immense sky-scrapers that dominate the city. Because there is a thick fog for many days on the city in the desert. Visibility is reduced to 100 metres and the humidity is very high. 

Ces conditions météorologiques dégradées durent déjà depuis un long moment. Le trafic aérien avait été fortement perturbé à Noël à cause de ce brouillard causé par une forte baisse des températures et un taux d’humidité de 90%. Le temps devrait néanmoins s’améliorer dans les prochains jours. “De mercredi à vendredi, le temps sera partiellement nuageux. Tandis que l’humidité persistera la nuit et tôt le matin, les chances de formation de brouillard et de brume diminueront”, indique à Gulf News, un porte-parole du Centre national de météorologie et de sismologie.

Meteorological conditions had already deteriorated over a long period. Air traffic was disrupted over Christmas due to fog caused by a sharp drop in temperatures allied to 90% humidity. None-the-less weather should improve in the next few days. “From Wednesday to Friday the weather will be partially cloudy. While high humidity will persist at night and early morning, the possibility of fog formations will decrease”, said a spokes person for the national weather and seismological centre and reported in Gulf News. 

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Les gratte-ciel de Dubaï (Emirats arabes unis) émergent du brouillard lors du lever du soleil.  CATERS/ RUSTAM AZMI/SIPA. Sky scrapers in Dubai emerge from fog at sunrise.

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A la tombée de la nuit, les lumières des gratte-ciel de Dubaï (Emirats arabes unis) se reflètent dans le brouillard.  CATERS/ RUSTAM AZMI/SIPA.
At night fall Dubai sky-scraper lights reflecting in the fog.

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Deux gratte-ciel de Dubaï (Emirats arabes unis) perdus dans le brouillard.  CATERS/ RUSTAM AZMI/SIPA. Two Dubai sky-scrapers lost in the fog.

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La Burj Khalifa, la plus grande tour du monde, située à 830 mètres de hauteur, domine les autres gratte-ciel de Dubaï (Emirats arabes unis). CATERS/ RUSTAM AZMI/SIPA.
The tallest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa, at 830 metres high, dominates the other Dubai sky-scrapers.

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Les ombres des gratte-ciel de Dubaï (Emirats arabes unis) se reflètent dans les nuages.  CATERS/ RUSTAM AZMI/SIPA. The shadows of Dubai sky-scrapers reflecting in the clouds.

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Une vue plus lointaine des gratte-ciel de Dubaï (Emirats arabes unis) plongés dans le brouillard.  CATERS/ RUSTAM AZMI/SIPA. A long range view of Dubai sky-scrapers plunged in fog.

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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