User:Bahnmoeller/Dubai Fountain
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The Dubai Fountain ist die größte steuerbare Springbrunnenanlage the world's largest choreographed fountain system. It is set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was designed by WET Design, the California-based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas. Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 50[1] colored projectors, it is 275 m (902 ft) long and shoots water up to 500 ft (152.4 m)[2] into the air accompanied by a range of classical to contemporary Arabic and world music.[3] It was built at a cost of AED 800 million (USD $218 million).
The name of the fountain was chosen after a contest organized by the developer Emaar Properties, the result of which was announced on 26 October 2008.[4] Testing of the fountain began in February 2009,[5] and the fountain was officially inaugurated on 8 May 2009 along with the official opening ceremony of The Dubai Mall.