Click to viewWhat do you do with a 25 - meter - high acrylic glassful cylinder , 238,000 Imperial gallon of ocean H2O , 2,600 Pisces from 56 different species , and two divers ? The Aquadom , the prominent cylindric aquarium in the world , that ’s what . In its core there ’s an lift that trip through a cylinder of glass . As you will see in the TV after the jumping , it ’s simply stunning .
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situate in the atrium of the 5 - star Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin Mitte , the $ 18.8 million aquarium is 36 feet in diameter and sits on a 29.5 - foot - tall concrete foundation . Without a doubt , the most impressive matter about the aquarium from an engineering point of view is the glass surface . work up by Reynolds Polymer Technology , it required 41 R - Cast pannels , 26 for the outside cylinder and 15 panels for the inside , plus 16 on - site bonds . The precision of the work , involve to hold that urine loudness and pressure , it ’s amazing . Reynolds is specialized in produce this kind of aquarium , among other things , which other jewels like the AB Baltic Mega Mall Aquarium , which holds 43,000 gallons of water but has reef shark , or the aquariums of the famous the Burj - Al - Arab tower , in Dubai .
It was build in 2003 , but we just get across it as we prepare our trips to CeBIT 2008 , which is going to pass in Hannover on March but will assist as a perfect excuse to chute to Berlin in monastic order to see friends for the weekend .
chatter to viewNeedless to say , the Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin is going to be one of our address , hopefully staying in one of the rooms that overlook this awesome piece of engineering . And I will get my diving computer , just in case we can convert the twosome of full - time diver that houseclean and feed the fish every solar day to allow us dive for 30 moment . [ Flickr , Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin , Reynolds PolymerandWikipediaviaBelow the clouds ]
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