taipei 101 - part 2

This was the inside of the elevator. The main thing you are seeing is the screen telling you the speed and height. It is the world's fastest elevator and has been equipped with instruments to control the "cabin" pressure, just like an airplane. It reaches a symbolic speed of 1010 meters/minute (check the screen). It's faster going up than going down (36 seconds vs. ~47 seconds). The lights are turned off and "star" lights are overhead. I would have liked to have filmed the entering and exiting of the elevator to add some context to the situation, but my battery was near dead (and did die while taking photos of the city lights at the top).

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• taipei
• 101
• taiwan
• skyscraper
• bamboo
• elevator