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Roukaya19

July 8th, 2011, 06:01 AM

Tallest golden minaret in the world
stands on top of Makkah Clock Tower

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photo by 'asyiqul^huur
Okaz/Saudi Gazette - 6 July 2011

MAKKAH – The tallest golden minaret in the world, which has been erected on top of the Makkah Clock Tower, will broadcast the call for prayer (Adhan) from the Grand Mosque in Makkah through special loudspeakers that will carry the sounds to people almost 7 kilometers away.

On special Islamic occasions, such as the beginning of the Hijri months and Eids, 16 special vertical lights will flash 10 kilometers into the sky.

During the Adhan, 21,000 lamps on the highest point on Makkah Clock send brilliant white and green lights to the sky; they can be seen from a distance of 30 kilometers. The lights indicate the beginning of time for prayer, especially for people with special needs such as those with weak hearing and those far away from the Grand Mosque.

The Makkah Clock Tower stands 601 meters. The height of the clock from its base to the highest point at the peak of the crescent is 251 meters.

The tower’s height makes it the world’s second-tallest building after the 828-meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The clock, which began showing time about 11 months ago, is part of the structure that cost some SR11 billion to construct, officials have said.

The front and rear of the four faces are 43 meters by 43 meters and the two side faces are 43 meters by 39 meters.

“Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the Greatest), in Arabic, can be seen on the top part of the clock.

The letter “Alif” in “Allah” is more than 23 meters tall and the crescent, with a 23-meter diameter, is the largest crescent ever made.

The two testimonies, “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet,” can be seen at the top of the two side faces of the clock, which has been designed in an Islamic style, according to the most precise Islamic criteria.

The clock, which weighs 36,000 tons, is more than six times larger in diameter than London’s famed Big Ben.

During the day its face is white and the indicators are black. At night, the face changes to green and the indicators change to white.

More than 90 million pieces of colored glass mosaic embellish the sides of the clock, which is visible from all corners of the city, SPA has said. Elevators will take visitors up to a huge viewing balcony just underneath the faces, a four-story astronomical observatory and an Islamic museum. The Clock Tower is the landmark feature of the seven-tower King Abdulaziz Endowment hotel complex. The project is part of efforts to develop the old city and make it more capable of catering to pilgrims.

The clock reflects a goal by some Muslims to replace the 127-year-old Universal Time standard – originally called Greenwich Mean Time – with Makkah Mean Time.

At a conference in Doha in 2008, Muslim clerics and scholars said Makkah time is the true global meridian. They said Makkah is the center of the world and that the Greenwich standard was imposed by the West in 1884.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20110705104543

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

July 8th, 2011, 06:29 PM

Nice pics....:okay:

Mom44

July 9th, 2011, 01:12 PM

Souvenir available on flickr!

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Crescent6 - هلال برج الساعة (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/5913397185/) par Youssef_Ahmed (http://www.flickr.com/people/y2020y/), sur Flickr

ههههه الله يرجهم الي فوق الهلال وش يحسون فيه
عموما اشكر كل شخص شارك بهالموضوع بالصور او بمشاركته وً غقبال المشاريع الاضخم والاضخم لمملكتنا ودول الخليج:)

Roukaya19

July 9th, 2011, 02:16 PM

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Roukaya19

July 9th, 2011, 02:22 PM

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Roukaya19

July 9th, 2011, 08:29 PM

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Yaghuth

July 9th, 2011, 09:07 PM

i keep waiting for something to change my mind about this thing ,,
nothing yet ,, i still hate it :((

bixa louca

July 9th, 2011, 09:45 PM

It's so garish. It looks like a casino in Vegas.

acela

July 10th, 2011, 07:42 AM

What happened to the installation video?

Roukaya19

July 10th, 2011, 02:41 PM

Youssef Ahmed video!
Makkah Crescent Timelapse

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Roukaya19

July 10th, 2011, 06:58 PM

In the Crescent at Night!

(in malaysian)

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Photos by Lutfi Lokman

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Thanks Nice pics Lutfi!

Roukaya19

July 10th, 2011, 09:05 PM

Makkah Clock Tower
as at 10th July 2011 - no sound

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Roukaya19

July 10th, 2011, 09:49 PM

Crescent Mosque - Masjid Al Haram

http://www.upislam.com/images/16317520780819040789.jpg

At the Time of the Installation of a Crescent of the Mosque
Sorry it's not the same

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Roukaya19

July 13th, 2011, 11:27 PM

Great updates by 'asyiqul^huur

7 July 2011

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9 July 2011

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10 July 2011

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Roukaya19

July 13th, 2011, 11:29 PM

11 July 2011

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Roukaya19

July 13th, 2011, 11:30 PM

12 July 2011

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amallisho

July 14th, 2011, 02:22 AM

ma shaa Allah

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

July 14th, 2011, 03:26 PM

Great pics....:okay:

Roukaya19

July 14th, 2011, 04:58 PM

Premier Composites Technologies

The balls before installation

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Crescent

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On_My_Own

July 14th, 2011, 09:36 PM

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Is it safe that group of people stand inside the csrecent ? ... I feel like it's a bit dangerous

Roukaya19

July 15th, 2011, 06:49 AM

Great updates by 'asyiqul^huur

14 July 2011

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

July 15th, 2011, 12:55 PM

Nice shots...:okay:

Roukaya19

July 15th, 2011, 04:38 PM

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Roukaya19

July 15th, 2011, 05:04 PM

Old pic...January

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-ClockTower- (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyuhontas/5829891903/) par Kyuhontas! (http://www.flickr.com/people/kyuhontas/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

July 15th, 2011, 05:11 PM

old pic...April

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Roukaya19

July 15th, 2011, 05:20 PM

By Makkawi.Pk ...a Great artist!

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Clock Tower doodle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5862662017/) par EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), sur Flickr

Chipmunk

July 15th, 2011, 07:16 PM

What a monstrously ugly thing. I'm so shocked they built this right next to the most sacred place for Muslims. It completely overshadows the mosque and also denies it future expansion.

In other countries this would never have been allowed, either by the government or the public. Imagine if the reaction if they proposed building such a thing next to St. Paul's Cathedral in London or the pyramids in Egypt.

Roukaya19

July 16th, 2011, 12:01 AM

Great updates by 'asyiqul^huur

15 July 2011

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Roukaya19

July 16th, 2011, 04:28 AM

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Makkah_2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noushadali/5941438246/) par MadinahVision.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/noushadali/), sur Flickr

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

July 16th, 2011, 10:24 PM

Nice updates...:okay:

aseer2005

July 20th, 2011, 02:23 AM

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Roukaya19

July 21st, 2011, 01:25 AM

the article with this pic(above)

فندق ساعة مكة أحد أطول الأبنية في العالم يضع توقيت مكة في مواجهة غرينيتش

مكة المكرمة – جمعان الكناني

يعتبر فندق ساعة مكة المكرمة أحد أطول الأبنية في العالم ويتميز بتصميم فريد وبإطلالة رائعة وجميلة على ساحات الحرم المكي الشريف ويحتوي على 858 غرفة وجناحاً بالاإضافة إلى 9 مطاعم وصالة ألعاب رياضية وسونا كما يحتوي الفندق على مركز لرجال الأعمال حيث حصل فندق ساعة مكة المكرمة على جائزة افضل فندق بالشرق الاوسط وذلك خلال فترة وجيزة من تشغيله لم تتجاوز الستة اشهر .

كما تستفيد الغرف من إطلالات بعيدة المدى عبر مدينة مكة سواء على الحرم او الكعبة او على مكة عموما حيث ان الفندق جزء من مجمع أبراج البيت الذي يحتوى على 4000 متجر تتميز بمجموعة كاملة من العلامات التجارية العالمية .

ويعلو الفندق ساعة مكة المكرمة الأكبر في العالم بطول يبلغ 46 متراً وارتفاع 402 متر من ساحة الحرم ويمكن رؤيتها من مسافة 7 كيلومترات، كما يعلو الساعة من الجهات الأربع "لفظ الجلالة.

وقد أمر خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز بتركيب الساعة بأعلى أبراج البيت (وقف الملك عبدالعزيز) المطل مباشرة على ساحات الحرم المكي الشريف وركّبت على جدران الساعة مصادر ضوئية "ليزر" تصدر إشعاعات في المناسبات المختلفة كالأعياد وإشارات ضوئية وقت الأذان، كما حددت الألوان الأبيض والأخضر والأسود كألوان أرضية المسطحات للساعة ليلاً ونهاراً، ولها نظام حماية متكامل ضد العوامل الطبيعية من أتربة ورياح وأمطار.

ويشتمل المشروع على عدد 4 ساعات للجهات الأربع، للبرج منها ساعتان رئيستان بارتفاع نحو 80 متراً، بما فيها لفظ الجلالة وبعرض نحو 65 متراً وقطرهما نحو 39 متراً.وستشاهد الساعة من جميع أحياء العاصمة المقدسة، وكذلك من طريق مكة المكرمة - جدة السريع، وقد ركبت على جدران الساعة مصادر ضوئية (ليزر) تصدر إشعاعات في المناسبات المختلفة كالأعياد وإشارات ضوئية وقت الأذان.وللساعة نظام حماية متكامل ضد العوامل الطبيعية من أتربة ورياح وأمطار وقد أطلق عليها اسم ساعة مكة المكرمة وستعتمد كتوقيت زمني رسمي ثابت عبر وسائل الإعلام والجهات ذات العلاقة.

وتبلغ تكلفة هذا المشروع ثلاثة مليارات دولار، وفق نائب الرئيس والمدير العام لفندق "برج ساعة مكة الملكي" محمد الأركوبي الذي كشف في وقت سابق ايضاً أن "وضع توقيت مكة في مواجهة توقيت غرينيتش هو الهدف".

وبحسب التقارير فسيحوي "برج ساعة مكة" متحفاً إسلامياً ومرصداً فلكياً يستخدم لأغراض علمية ودينية، وسيبث فيلماً وثائقياً فور تركيب الساعة الألمانية الصنع على رأس البرج، وتشكل أعمال تركيب الساعة "عملية ضخمة جداً".ووفقاً للمعلومات المتوافرة سيتم ربط ساعة مكة بأكبر مراكز التوقيت في العالم بما في ذلك لندن وباريس ونيويورك وطوكيو. ويمكن مشاهدة الساعة ومعرفة التوقيت من مسافة 17 كيلومتراً من البرج في الليل عندما تكون إضاءة الساعة بيضاء وخضراء، فيما يمكن مشاهدة الساعة من مسافة 11 إلى 12 كيلومتراً خلال النهار عندما يكون لون الساعة أبيض. الجدير بالذكر أن المشروع كان مقرراً تسميته بساعة الملك عبدالله، لكن خادم الحرمين وجّه بأن يكون اسمها ساعة مكة المكرمة.

http://www.alriyadh.com/2011/07/20/article652296.html

google translation:

Hotel Makkah Clock One of the world's tallest buildings set the timing of Mecca in the face of Greenwich

Makkah - Jamaan Kanani

Hotel is an hour Mecca one of the longest buildings in the world and features a unique design and a spectacular view and beautiful courtyards of the Haram al-Sharif and contains 858 rooms and suites Balaadhafah to 9 restaurants, a gym, sauna and hotel has a business center where he received his hotel hours Mecca's Best Hotel Middle East and that in a short period of operation did not exceed six months.

Rooms also benefit from long-range views across the city of Mecca, whether on campus or the Kaaba of Mecca, or generally as part of a complex hotel towers, which house about 4000 shop features a full range of global brands.

The hotel is an hour above the Mecca of the world's greatest length of 46 meters high 402 meters from the Temple can be seen from a distance of 7 km, and above the time on all four sides, "the name of Allaah.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the installation time of the highest towers House (King Abdul Aziz Endowment) overlooking directly on the courtyards of the Haram al-Sharif and installed on the walls of time sources of light "laser" emit radiation in different occasions such as Eid, light signals the time for prayer, also identified the color white and green and black Koloan ground surfaces of the hour, day and night, and have an integrated system of protection against natural elements of earth, wind and rain.

The project includes a number of 4 hours of the points of four of the tower, including two hours main points, up about 80 meters, including the name of Allaah and a width of about 65 meters and Qtarhama about 39 meters. And you will see the time from all districts of the Holy City, as well as by way of Makkah - Jeddah highway, has installed on the walls of time sources of light (laser) emit radiation in different occasions such as Eid, light signals the time for prayer. and hour protection system integrated against the natural elements of earth, wind and rain has been dubbed an hour of Mecca and will adopt such as timing of formal time-constant across the media and the relevant authorities.

The cost of this project three billion dollars, according to Vice President and General Manager of Hotel "Makkah Clock Royal Tower" Alercopa Muhammad, who revealed earlier also that "the development of GMT in the face of GMT is the goal."

According to reports Vchristoa "Clock Tower Mecca" Islamic museum and an astronomical observatory is used for scientific, religious, and broadcast a documentary film immediately after installation at the German-made at the top of the tower, and an installation work at "the very large." According to the information available will be linked to Makkah Clock largest centers of the time in the world, including London, Paris and New York and Tokyo. Can be seen time and time out from a distance of 17 kilometers from the tower at night time lighting when the white and green, as can be seen at a distance of 11 to 12 km during the day time when the color white. It is worth mentioning that the project was scheduled one hour named King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, but to be called Mecca Clock.

Roukaya19

July 21st, 2011, 01:29 AM

ساعة مكة تضبط عقارب العالم الإسلامي غرة رمضان بجهاتها الـ4

http://www.makkawi.com/pics.aspx?key=A26194166A8A1651A519621712824421615615Z261472422A4234A9Z39A14A83171A21172A98132177193157A37A78
20/07/2011

أنجزت الشركة المنفذة لمشروع أوقاف الملك عبد العزيز مشروع ساعة مكة المكرمة التوقيت العالمي الذي وجه به خادم الحرمين الشريفين.

وبينت لـ «عكاظ» مصادر مطلعة أنه سيتم تشغيل ساعة مكة المكرمة بواجهاتها الأربع غرة رمضان المقبل، لتأتي ضمن مرحلة التأكيد على أن المنطقة المركزية ستكون أفضل مناطق العالم تطويرا فور الانتهاء من إنجاز مشروع توسعة الساحات الشمالية أكبر توسعة في تاريخ المسجد الحرام، ووضع اللمسات الأخيرة لمشروع جبل عمر، ومن المتوقع أن تنجز هذه المشاريع العملاقة قبل العام 1435هـ، وستصبح منطقة المسجد الحرام المنطقة الأكثر تنظيما والأحدث عمرانيا. ويتواصل العمل في مشاريع تطوير المنطقة الشرقية الشمالية والمنطقة الشمالية الغربية، حيث ترتفع أصوات الآليات ليل نهار في محيط المنطقة المركزية، ويعمل آلاف العاملين في تنفيذ المشاريع العملاقة بمتابعة من صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير خالد الفيصل أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة، وتحت إشراف الهيئة العليا لتطوير منطقة مكة المكرمة والمشاعر والتي تمثل إنجازاً كبيراً وتطويراً غير مسبوق لمنطقة الحرم الشريف والتي تهدف إلى توفير المزيد من الراحة لقاصدي بيت الله الحرام من الزوار والمعتمرين وضيوف الرحمن. ولا تقتصر زيارة المعتمرين على بيت الله الحرام بل يحرصون على زيارة المناطق التي تشهد مشاريع تطويرية ويوثقون زياراتهم بالتقاط الصور الذهنية والفوتوغرافية لتبقى شاهدة على العصر الزاهر ولكي يربطوا بين تلك المشاريع أثناء تنفيذها وما وصلت إليه في حال تمكنهم من زيارة الأراضي المقدسة حال إنجازها وألسنتهم تلهج بالدعاء بأن يحفظ الله قادة هذه البلاد وشعب المملكة على ما يبذلونه من جهود جبارة في سبيل تحقيق الطمأنينة والراحة وتقديم أفضل الخدمات لضيوف الرحمن.

«عكاظ» التقت في جولتها المعتمر محمد محمود مصري الجنسية أثناء متابعته لسير مشروع تطوير منطقة جبل عمر، حيث قال «قبل 10 سنوات تمكنت من أداء فريضة العمرة، وقضاء 10 أيام في رحاب بيت الله الحرام، وفي هذه الزيارة لمست الفرق فيما كانت عليه المنطقة المركزية في ذلك الحين، وما هي عليه اليوم، وأعجبت كثيرا بمشروع ساعة مكة المكرمة حيث إننا نتابع في القنوات الفضائية إعلان توقيت مكة المكرمة في البرامج التي تبثها بين الحين والآخر وكان لزاما على المملكة وضع توقيت عالمي ينطلق من مكة، وأعتبر هذا المشروع من أذكى المشاريع التي شهدها عالمنا الإسلامي كون مكة تحمل خاصية تميزها عن باقي مدن العالم فهي مهبط الوحي ومنطلق الرسالات.

بينما ذكر الزائر أرذل رحيمي «تركي الجنسية» أن المسجد الحرام يغطي مساحة واسعة لكنه يمتلئ بالمصلين وقاصدي بيت الله الحرام في موسمي رمضان والحج، وتمثل توسعة الساحات الشمالية أهمية قصوى حيث ستزيد سعة المسجد الحرام ما يقارب 50 في المائة من مساحته الحالية، ولذا ستكون محققة لاستيعاب الأعداد الكبيرة من وفود الرحمن في السنوات المقبلة.

من جهة أخرى، ألزمت إدارة الدفاع المدني الشركات المنفذة لمشاريع التطوير في توسعة الساحات الشمالية وجبل عمر بتأمين اشتراكات السلامة والحرص عليها خاصة خلال شهر رمضان المبارك والذي يشهد توافدا كثيفا للزوار والمعتمرين.

وأكد لـ «عكاظ» مدير الدفاع المدني العميد جميل أربعين أن إدارته تتابع المشاريع الجاري تنفيذها في المنطقة المركزية بدءا من متابعة المخطط لتلك المشاريع للتأكد من مراعاة وسائل السلامة من خلال تأمين شبكات الإنذار والشبكات الجافة وسلامة العاملين في تلك المشاريع والعوالق الترابية وسلامة المشاة من خلال لجنة أمنية، والتأكيد على أن تكون الخطط متاحة للمشاة وبعدهم عن مواقع الحفريات في المشاريع والقطع الصخري بإنشاء حواجز تمنع وصولهم إلى مناطق العمل.

http://www.makkawi.com/News/show.aspx?Id=1986

Google translation:

Set clock hours of Mecca Muslim world by surprise Ramadan Abjahadtha the 4

20/07/2011

The company completed the project of King Abdul Aziz Endowment Project Mecca hours Universal Time directed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.

The show's «Gazette» sources that will run an hour Mecca facades four guard next Ramadan, to come within the stage to emphasize that the central region will be the best areas of the world a development immediately after the completion of the expansion of squares Northern largest expansion in the history of the Grand Mosque, and finalize Jabal Omar project is expected to be completed this huge project before the year 1435 AH, the Grand Mosque will become the region's most organized and most recent urban. Work continues on projects to develop the area north-eastern and north-western region, where the rising voices of mechanisms, day and night in the vicinity of the central region, and the works of thousands of workers in the implementation of mega projects follow-up of His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, under the supervision of the supreme body for the development of the Mecca region Mecca and feelings, which represents a major achievement and a development unprecedented for the Haram al-Sharif, which aims to provide more comfort for the Cassidy House of God of visitors and pilgrims and pilgrims. Not only visit the pilgrims to the House of God, but are keen to visit areas where development projects and documenting their visits to pick up mental images and photographs to keep a witness to the age prosperous and to tie those projects during their implementation and the status of the case to enable them to visit the Holy Land case deliverables and their tongue shall meditate pray that God bless the leaders of this country and the people of the Kingdom as their heroic efforts to achieve peace of mind, comfort and provide better services to pilgrims.

«Gazette» she met in her pilgrim Mohamed Mahmoud, Egyptian, during the follow-up the progress of the project for developing the area of Jabal Omar, who said «10 years ago was able to perform Umrah, and spend 10 days in the sacred house of God, and in this visit, I felt the difference as it was the region Central at the time, and what it is today, and was very impressed Clock Project Mecca, where we are following in the satellite announcement timing of Mecca in the programs broadcast by every now and then it was incumbent on the Kingdom of the development world time off from Mecca, and I consider this project of the smartest projects witnessed by the fact that Mecca, the Muslim world with a property apart from the rest of the world's cities are revelation and divine spirit.

As mentioned visiting the very end of Rahimi «Turkish nationality» to the Grand Mosque covers a wide area but is filled with worshipers and Cassidy House of God in the seasonal Ramadan and Hajj, and represents the expansion of squares North of paramount importance where increase capacity of the Grand Mosque around 50 per cent of the area of the current, and therefore will be realized to accommodate the large number of delegations Rahman in the coming years.

On the other hand, committed the management of the civil defense companies implementing development projects in the expansion of squares North and Jabal Omar to ensure the safety assessments and care about, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, which is witnessing heavy Toalfda for visitors and pilgrims.

He's «Gazette» Director of Civil Defense Brigadier General Jamil forty that his administration following the ongoing projects in the central area from the follow-up planned for these projects to make sure to take into account the means of safety through the provision of warning systems and networks, dry and safety of workers in those projects and plankton dirt and pedestrian safety through the Committee security, and stressed that the plans be available for pedestrians and their distance from excavation sites in the projects and cutting rock creates barriers which prevent their access to work areas.

Roukaya19

July 21st, 2011, 02:52 AM

Makkah Mean Time effective from Ramadan

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/myfiles/Images/2011/07/20/fp01-big.jpg
20 July 2011

MAKKAH – Muslims around the world can now set their watches to Makkah Mean Time in Ramadan when all four faces of the world’s largest clock atop a soaring skyscraper in the Holy City becomes operational.

The clock, more than six times larger in diameter than London’s famed Big Ben, will establish Makkah as an alternate time standard to the Greenwich meridian. At a conference in Doha in 2008, Muslim clerics and scholars presented “scientific” arguments that Makkah time is the true global meridian. They said that Makkah is the center of the world and that the Greenwich standard was imposed by the West in 1884.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20110720105626

Roukaya19

July 21st, 2011, 09:23 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5952361776_178cb22c3f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40397502@N03/5952361776/)
من جوار المسجد الحرام (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40397502@N03/5952361776/) par بن فوزان (http://www.flickr.com/people/40397502@N03/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

July 22nd, 2011, 02:34 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5963541026_51a56da4af_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maramphotography/5963541026/)
.. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maramphotography/5963541026/) par Maram photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/maramphotography/), sur Flickr

Naif Saudi

July 22nd, 2011, 02:51 PM

wow:nuts::nuts:

Wonderful and great and wonderful:banana:

Roukaya19

July 22nd, 2011, 06:29 PM

wux7Hc3ZHG0

Roukaya19

July 23rd, 2011, 04:23 PM

By a new member

Taken thursday :)
21/7/2011

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Roukaya19

July 23rd, 2011, 04:23 PM

Great pic by Youssef Ahmed!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5966502714_9cc25a4cac_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/5966502714/)
Al bait towers 099 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/5966502714/) par Youssef_Ahmed (http://www.flickr.com/people/y2020y/), sur Flickr

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

July 23rd, 2011, 09:35 PM

Nice updates...:happy:

On_My_Own

July 23rd, 2011, 09:36 PM

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the crescent is much bigger than I thought ... but still beautiful though

thanx roukaya

3baaad 4 Jeddah

July 23rd, 2011, 09:56 PM

Roukaya19

July 23rd, 2011, 11:08 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5956627488_4166b5e6e9_b.jpg

by d!to http://www.flickr.com/photos/dito/5956627488/

Roukaya19

July 24th, 2011, 12:46 AM

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Roukaya19

July 24th, 2011, 12:47 AM

التجربة الأولى لإضاءة المنارة

The first experiment for the lighthouse lighting

http://www6.0zz0.com/2011/07/23/20/125185408.jpg

swerveut

July 24th, 2011, 06:10 PM

^^ funky light show with a holy twist?

now it resembles a good venue to have spectacular concerts and nightly fireworks shows.

Roukaya19

July 24th, 2011, 06:50 PM

Yah..it looks like too much lights for a ''show''...I don't like this
and the crescent green , I was surprise...it's too flashy!

Maybe kids(:banana:) will like it, but as adulte I don't need this kind of lighting

so we will wait to see the final test...

-

Roukaya19

July 24th, 2011, 06:56 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5968160535_c32c295d66_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64904927@N04/5968160535/in/photostream/

Mesch

July 24th, 2011, 10:46 PM

التجربة الأولى لإضاءة المنارة

The first experiment for the lighthouse lighting

http://www6.0zz0.com/2011/07/23/20/125185408.jpg

lololol

3baaad 4 Jeddah

July 24th, 2011, 11:42 PM

التجربة الأولى لإضاءة المنارة

The first experiment for the lighthouse lighting

http://www6.0zz0.com/2011/07/23/20/125185408.jpg

let's party
:dance:

Roukaya19

July 25th, 2011, 12:36 AM

Astronomical researcher:

Ramadan starts on Monday

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Glorious-PHOTOSHOPPED (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmadz/5969349033/) par EZ-Cool-Dude (http://www.flickr.com/people/emmadz/), sur Flickr

Al Riyahd – Mohammad Al Haidar

The astronomical researcher Dr. Khalid Bin Saleh Al Za’ag, member of the International Arab Union for Space and Astronomy, expected that Shaaban will complete 30 days and that Monday the first of August will be the first of Ramadan blessed month for the current year 1432 H. Dr. Al Za’ag clarified that the moon met with sun in the end of the month of Rajab, and with the opposing path of its movement, they will meet again after the sunset of Saturday 29/8/1432 H at 9:40, and when they meet they will be on one sky longitude. He also said that the in dawn of Juma 28th of shaaban the moon will rise with Fajer prayer with a think shape and in the dawn of Saturday the 29th of Shaaban the moon will rise before the sunrise by nearly half an hour and will drown in its yellow rays. While in the evening of Saturday the 29th of Shaaban the moon will set before the sun and will not gather with the sun, and so the horizon will be out of the moon at all and thus Shaaban will complete 30 days, and in the evening of Sunday the 30th of Shaaban the crescent will remain around 25 minutes to the west of the sunset with a 1.18% lighting on its surface, and its shape will deviate with a slight perpendicularity, its horns will be nearly western and will be far from the earth by 368695.0 KM.

He also continued with saying that according to the astronomical givens in such things, the possibility of watching it in Sunday the 30th of Shaaban will be very hard because of the low lighting and its short presence as well as the need of telescopes in order to watch it, and it is very hard to see except from South Africa and South America countries because the new month crescent is not east to be seen except when the center of the moon get far from the center of the sun after they meet in the coupling moment by an enough distance with the appearance of light rays (crescent) in the moon.

http://www.alriyadh.com/en/article/653487/astronomical-researcher-ramadan-starts-on-monday

so it will be lighted the 1rst august inshallah?...or 31 July at night after maghrib?

Naif Saudi

July 25th, 2011, 11:38 AM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5969349033_a8f5dddfc8.jpg

:nuts::nuts::nuts:
wow
wow
:banana::banana::banana:

_Mort_

July 25th, 2011, 11:42 AM

[CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Book Antiqua"] They said that Makkah is the center of the world and that the Greenwich standard was imposed by the West in 1884.

This is funny.

Muddasir_Awan

July 25th, 2011, 12:40 PM

This is funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGfnNNub-ik&feature=related

Roukaya19

July 25th, 2011, 01:12 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5972660702_f11e5dfe3e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fofzi-almalki/5972660702/)
MAKKAH ♥ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fofzi-almalki/5972660702/) par 2T.MLK ♥ (http://www.flickr.com/people/fofzi-almalki/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

July 25th, 2011, 01:13 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6026/5968827716_04dcaf819e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968827716/)
هلال برج الوقف في مكة (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968827716/) par MeRO-AlHamed (http://www.flickr.com/people/47652094@N02/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5968297147_1a3f98a5b2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968297147/)
من اسفل برج الوقف (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968297147/) par MeRO-AlHamed (http://www.flickr.com/people/47652094@N02/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5968879248_58c02bc70f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968879248/)
عقارب ساعة مكة (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968879248/) par MeRO-AlHamed (http://www.flickr.com/people/47652094@N02/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5968239313_ee73f04813_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968239313/)
ساعة الوقف (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968239313/) par MeRO-AlHamed (http://www.flickr.com/people/47652094@N02/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5968312543_306b595b1b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968312543/)
الساعة (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47652094@N02/5968312543/) par MeRO-AlHamed (http://www.flickr.com/people/47652094@N02/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

July 25th, 2011, 01:14 PM

The Crescent

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Roukaya19

July 25th, 2011, 01:51 PM

The Crescent lighted!

تم وبحمدالله تشغيل انوار برج زمزم العاليا لأول مرة في تاريخ 1432/8/22 ويوافقه 2011/7/22 يوليو

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

July 25th, 2011, 07:41 PM

Thanks for sharing...

3baaad 4 Jeddah

July 26th, 2011, 04:17 AM

like Eiffel tower

Roukaya19

July 26th, 2011, 07:14 PM

Inside crescent

http://oi54.tinypic.com/dxk65h.jpg

Yaghuth

July 27th, 2011, 05:01 AM

with all the lights ,,
this is the ugliest thing ever to exist :ohno:

Saudi guy

July 27th, 2011, 11:34 AM

what a creepy lights! change the white to green and it will feel like DJ party.

Roukaya19

July 27th, 2011, 05:21 PM

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Roukaya19

July 28th, 2011, 12:24 AM

Nice one!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5982460796_3a534deb05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30794489@N06/5982460796/)
Abraj Al-Bait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30794489@N06/5982460796/) par Hamza Gazzaz (http://www.flickr.com/people/30794489@N06/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

July 28th, 2011, 01:04 AM

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by Premier Composite Thechnologies

Naif Saudi

July 28th, 2011, 01:24 AM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5982460796_3a534deb05_b.jpg

WOW

:nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

3baaad 4 Jeddah

July 28th, 2011, 03:37 AM

the towers looks much better now

Roukaya19

July 28th, 2011, 06:26 AM

View from the Crescent

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Masjid al Haram - In the crescent, hadal hilal! Wow!

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Roukaya19

July 29th, 2011, 01:24 AM

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Mesch

July 29th, 2011, 01:47 AM

Am I the only one who finds the lights awfully distasteful? smh

Roukaya19

July 29th, 2011, 02:55 AM

Am I the only one who finds the lights awfully distasteful? smhwell videos are not well, can't see really what it looks like...but now I find those lights very discusting...

It reminds me the light from a radar at one airport I know.

Roukaya19

July 29th, 2011, 02:58 AM

20 July 2011

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/5958556322_1341b78ca5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57930571@N05/5958556322/in/photostream/

An amazing view from the crescent

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5963283253_782bd25b87_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57930571@N05/5963283253/in/photostream/

EMG76

July 29th, 2011, 10:08 AM

That's truely is an amazing view of AlHaram area....

Mesch

July 29th, 2011, 03:05 PM

Just shows you how disjointed and weird looking that whole building is.

Roukaya19

July 29th, 2011, 03:13 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5987063636_837ed727c9_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58910691@N03/5987063636/

Correspondent

July 29th, 2011, 07:57 PM

Has this thread created a record in SSC of the most updated and maximum post.

go saudi

July 30th, 2011, 06:43 PM

taken last Thursday by me

http://up.albrari.com/uploads/13120435732.jpg (http://up.albrari.com/)

http://up.albrari.com/uploads/13120435731.jpg (http://up.albrari.com/)

Roukaya19

July 31st, 2011, 01:31 AM

Makkah clock tower
to ''beam'' from beginning of Ramadan

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The Makkah Royal Clock Tower will start ticking
officially on the first of Ramadan

By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS

Published: Jul 30, 2011 22:51 Updated: Jul 30, 2011 23:02

MAKKAH:The Makkah Royal Clock Tower, the second tallest tower in the world, will start emitting 16 light beams to a height of 10 kilometers Sunday evening to announce the beginning of Ramadan.

The loud speakers installed at the top of the tower will carry the sound of adhan (call to prayer) from the Grand Mosque to seven kilometers far. The powerful lights in white and green blinking at the time of adhan can be seen from a distance of 30 kilometers. The lights are also helpful for people with hearing difficulties to know prayer times.

The clock face is white and indicators dark during daylight and green and white at night.

A trial run of the clock was held at the beginning of last year’s Ramadan.

The gigantic Makkah clock project was constructed on top of tower number five of King Abdul Aziz Endowment project, which consists of seven towers.

“All arrangements to receive Ramadan guests in the residential hotel, on which the clock tower is situated, have been completed. All rooms and suites have an Islamic style of interior décor that add to the spirituality of Ramadan,” director of telecommunications and business promotion at the Fairmont Raffles Hotels International in Makkah, Khaled Yamaq, said.

The Makkah Clock Tower Hotel, on which the clock is situated, is 601 meters high with 76 stories and 858 suites. It overlooks the Grand Mosque.

“A large number of pilgrims of different nationalities will be visiting the tower to get a close look at the interior of the clock tower. Therefore, the hotel’s main banquet hall has prepared to accommodate 1,000 guests for iftar (fast-breaking meal) and suhur (predawn meal before starting the fast). It comprises menus of 15 countries, including local dishes,” he said.

Ramadan cannon

A cannon will fire seven shots to mark the beginning of Ramadan in Makkah, the Saudi Press Agency said on Saturday. Shots will be fired throughout the month to announce the time of breaking the fast, the time for suhur and the end of the suhur.

The cannon will be positioned at the top of the highest hill, away from residential neighborhoods in Makkah, and is provided with sound-producing detonators. There are special security officers to take care of the cannon, which will be sent back to the store of the Tasks and Duties Administration in Makkah after the last shots announcing the arrival of Eid Al-Fitr. A total of 150 shots will be fired in the whole month.

In most Muslim countries, cannons are fired to announce the beginning of Ramadan and fast breaking time.

http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article480501.ece

Ramadan Mubarak!

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Muddasir_Awan

July 31st, 2011, 01:43 AM

Thanx for the updates

thewolf434

August 1st, 2011, 02:44 PM

صورة للبرج من بعيد
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5899/img0008sy.jpg

go saudi

August 1st, 2011, 04:07 PM

هل تم تشغيل الحزم الضوئيه فعلا لم نشاهده شيء يوم امس على التلفاز

Correspondent

August 1st, 2011, 08:00 PM

Muslim brothers from around the world can watch Makkh live by clicking the link below-
http://live.gph.gov.sa/index.htm

Roukaya19

August 1st, 2011, 09:53 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5998427467_5f4627f18b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gogy/5998427467/

Roukaya19

August 1st, 2011, 10:02 PM

Ramadan 1

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/56655507.jpg

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 1st, 2011, 11:28 PM

Nice pics & info....

3baaad 4 Jeddah

August 2nd, 2011, 07:01 AM

wow the towers looks gr8

yahyahazza

August 2nd, 2011, 03:53 PM

تم تصويرها 1 رمضان بعد صلاة العشاء
http://www.m5zn.com/uploads2/2011/8/2/photo/080211060837mo0fduji.jpg

yahyahazza

August 2nd, 2011, 04:02 PM

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Roukaya19

August 2nd, 2011, 05:47 PM

Great pics...smaller size please!

Roukaya19

August 2nd, 2011, 05:48 PM

from Youssef...a pic every day of Ramadan inchallah

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/56678568.jpg

Ramadan 2 رمضـــــان

:)

swerveut

August 2nd, 2011, 05:51 PM

Eclectic architecture... to satisfy eccentric and megalomaniacal tendencies. This tower is trying harder and harder to take attention away from prayers.

Roukaya19

August 2nd, 2011, 06:09 PM

Eclectic architecture... to satisfy eccentric and megalomaniacal tendencies. This tower is trying harder and harder to take attention away from prayers.The minaret is calling for prayers...

This year there is an increase of 30% umrah pilgrims. I don't think they come to see architecture.

Roukaya19

August 2nd, 2011, 06:09 PM

World´s largest clock tower lit for start of Ramadan in Mecca - CCTV News

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swerveut

August 2nd, 2011, 08:15 PM

The minaret is calling for prayers...

This year there is an increase of 30% umrah pilgrims. I don't think they come to see architecture.

Well the increase is just because the Saudi govt. allowed a bigger number of visas. And there is always demand for that in the world. I hope the mosque expansion and residential projects for pilgrims are also keeping pace so the millions who come can find their stay cheaply and easily.

Roukaya19

August 3rd, 2011, 07:37 AM

ساعة مكة تعانق السماء بـ 16 حزمة ضوئية

Makkah Clock hugging the sky with 16 beam

http://www.makkawi.com/pics.aspx?key=A26194166A8A1651A519621712824421615615Z26147242224149A96A52115142A942A6Z9A52185194141A93168126

2 August 2011

أنارت ساعة مكة المكرمة سماء العاصمة المقدسة البارحة، بإطلاقها حزما ضوئية فوسفورية جذابة في مختلف الاتجاهات مع بدء رفع أذان صلاة المغرب خلال إفطار الصائمين.

وخطفت الأضواء الساحرة المنطلقة من أعلى قمة ساعة مكة أنظار الصائمين والمعتمرين وزوار بيت الله الحرام، بعد أن أطلقت الأضواء بالتزامن مع موعد إفطار الصائمين في مراحل تجريبية إذانا بإطلاق كافة الإشعاعات الضوئية من ساعة مكة خلال موسم رمضان الحالي، إذ تم إطلاق 16 حزمة ضوئية عمودية خاصة تصل ارتفاعها إلى أكثر من عشرة كيلو مترات، وتبلغ قوة كل منها عشرة كيلو وات.

وتتم إضاءة أعلى قمة ساعة مكة بواسطة 21 ألف مصباح ضوئي جذاب وجميل عمل بطريقة هندسية جميلة ورائعة، ويصدر أضواء لامعة وجذابة باللونين الأبيض والأخضر يمكن رؤيتها من مسافة تصل إلى 30 كيلومترا من موقع البرج.

وتشير الإضاءة إلى دخول وقت الصلوات في العاصمة المقدسة، كما تمكن هذه الإشارات الضوئية ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة من صم وبكم وضعيفي السمع، أو الذين يتواجدون في مواقع تبعد عن ساحات المسجد الحرام من معرفة دخول وقت الصلاة عبر الإشعاعات الضوئية المتواجدة في ساعة المسجد الحرام.

وتعد واجهة ساعة العاصمة المقدسة بيضاء اللون، والمؤشرات سوداء اللون نهارا، ويختلف أسلوب الإضاءة ليلا، حيث تكون الساعة خضراء اللون، والمؤشرات بيضاء اللون، فيما يحيط لفظ الجلالة بالساعة من جميع الجوانب.

http://www.makkawi.com/News/show.aspx?Id=2015

Google translation:

Lined the sky an hour Mecca the Holy City yesterday, launching aggressive phosphorous attractive light in different directions with the initiation of azan Maghrib prayer breakfast during fasting.

She was abducted lights charming emanating from the highest peak hour Mecca attention fasters and Umrah performers and visitors to the House of God, having launched the lights in conjunction with the date of breakfast fasting in the experimental stages ears opened all the radiation light than an hour of Mecca during the season of Ramadan, the current, since it was launched 16 beam light vertical private up to a height of more than ten kilometers, with a strength of each of ten kilowatts.

The lighting is the highest peak hour of Mecca by 21 thousand light bulb attractive and beautiful work of engineering in a beautiful and wonderful, and the lights made shiny and attractive white and green can be seen from a distance of up to 30 kilometers from the site of the tower.

The lighting to the time for prayers in the Holy City, and enables optical signals with the special needs of deaf and dumb and hearing-impaired, or who are in locations away from the arenas the Sacred Mosque to know the time for prayer through the radiation light located in the hour of the Grand Mosque.

The interface of the capital of the Holy Hour, white, black and indicators during the day, and different style lighting for night time where the green color, white indicators, with the name of Allaah surrounds all aspects of the hour.

K.S.A

August 3rd, 2011, 12:29 PM

^^ thanks for update

:cheers:

Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 04:53 AM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6022/6004371816_12c8e21598_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6004371816/)
2 Ramadan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6004371816/) par Youssef_Ahmed (http://www.flickr.com/people/y2020y/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/6004403888_998d6815ee_b.jpg

Ramadan 3 رمضــــــان

In flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6004403888/in/photostream/

Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 04:54 AM

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Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 04:56 AM

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http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/6002870736_209cb4be64_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/firas73/6002870736/)
منظر لبرج ساعة مكة عند عمل الحزم الضوئية في أعلى البرج أعلاناً عن شهر رمضان المباراك (http://www.flickr.com/photos/firas73/6002870736/) par [.. ΐм ғαяΐs7з..] (http://www.flickr.com/people/firas73/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 05:00 AM

Fog cloud - سحب ضبابية
by Youssef Ahmed

http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/180/850/180850187_200.jpg

http://www.vimeo.com/27260733

Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 05:02 AM

http://www6.0zz0.com/2011/07/23/20/125185408.jpg

The Green Testing of that day!

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http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/250215_143124042435492_100002136916879_263663_913316_n.jpg
by Hamada Gentyl

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Ron_KSA_Sidd

August 4th, 2011, 06:12 PM

This is my favorite Skyscraper until the Kingdom tower is built :D

Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 07:06 PM

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/262552_10150251945955869_747715868_7735781_8241621_n.jpg
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http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/281443_1457261207990_1727176851_718022_4913405_n.jpg

Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 07:07 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/6008435223_3059f570f7_b.jpg

Ramadan 4 رمضـــــان

IN FLICKR (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6008435223/in/photostream)

Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 07:08 PM

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Roukaya19

August 4th, 2011, 07:09 PM

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 4th, 2011, 11:12 PM

Looks amazing, thanks for sharing...

Roukaya19

August 5th, 2011, 12:32 AM

The whole banner lit up!

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/56810251.jpg

Roukaya19

August 5th, 2011, 12:34 AM

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/284204_10150272332653954_794078953_7394295_4861043_n.jpg
by Lutfi Lokman

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Roukaya19

August 5th, 2011, 12:35 AM

Crazy videos! :D
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Mesch

August 5th, 2011, 02:49 AM

Seriously tho... the lights are embarrassing.

Roukaya19

August 5th, 2011, 01:20 PM

I'm surprise the minaret flashes...Youssef Ahmed video

Wqyrq2v180s

Correspondent

August 5th, 2011, 03:03 PM

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0009af4577c5af45&group=1&page=play&resid=9AF4577C5AF45!106

Roukaya19

August 5th, 2011, 07:14 PM

I just see a square with X ...

penta_a

August 6th, 2011, 12:14 AM

Seriously tho... the lights are embarrassing.

those lights were never meant to amuse you, they were installed to help handicapped (deaf who can't hear a thing) to recognize prayer times.

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 04:11 AM

Ramadan 5 رمضــــــان

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/6013048162_7979a1df6c_b.jpg

IN FLICKR (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6013048162/in/photostream)

Mesch

August 6th, 2011, 04:12 AM

^^ Doesn't change the fact that the lights are embarrassing and disrespectful. LOL

Btw - the handicapped have that gigantic watch to help them. :wink2:

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 04:13 AM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/6009205698_8424659b88_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66001552@N06/6009205698/

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 04:52 AM

those lights were never meant to amuse you, they were installed to help handicapped (deaf who can't hear a thing) to recognize prayer times.Really? I don't think they build that minaret for handicapped ppl like deaf. Deaf don't need this. When maghreb time comes it's easy to know usualy the sun go sleep ...so we don't need light to know it. How many deaf are there in Makkah(or Mecca) looking at it now to know time of salat?

In Canada we don't have adhan is the street...everybody have calculation time prayer.

Just they want a geat minaret...a special one for Makkah, for every muslims in the world. A landmark.

penta_a

August 6th, 2011, 07:00 AM

Really? I don't think they build that minaret for handicapped ppl like deaf. Deaf don't need this. When maghreb time comes it's easy to know usualy the sun go sleep ...so we don't need light to know it. How many deaf are there in Makkah(or Mecca) looking at it now to know time of salat?

In Canada we don't have adhan is the street...everybody have calculation time prayer.

Just they want a geat minaret...a special one for Makkah, for every muslims in the world. A landmark.

looks like you are very concerned with photos only with out understanding the concept behind that huge project

it was meant to please every one, normal people like us can hear Athan from that minaret 7 Km away (why did they bother to do that if we all have watches to use? and we all have that gigantic clock on top of that tower to see?), the concept over here is to have every one alerted with Salat time in the way they understand, feel, hear and/or see, other wise no need for Athan in Haram if every one got his watch to go with.

and this is from the design concept explanation:
ويبث أذان المسجد الحرام مباشرة من أعلى ساعة مكة عبر مكبرات صوت خاصة، بحيث يمكن سماع الأذان في محيط المسجد الحرام وذلك من مسافة 7 كيلومترات تقريباً، كما أنه أثناء الأذان تتم إضاءة أعلى قمة ساعة مكة بواسطة 21،000 مصباح ضوئي يصدر أضواء لامعة باللونين الأبيض والأخضر، يمكن رؤيتها من مسافة تصل إلى 30 كيلومتراً من البرج، وهي تشير بذلك إلى وقت دخول الصلاة، بالإضافة إلى أن تلك الإشارات الضوئية تمكن ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة كضعيفي السمع أو الذين يوجدون على بعد من المسجد الحرام من معرفة وقت دخول الصلاة.

mwahmed

August 6th, 2011, 12:56 PM

SubhanAllah ..It is the greatest landmark of Muslims.

swerveut

August 6th, 2011, 08:05 PM

looks like you are very concerned with photos only with out understanding the concept behind that huge project

it was meant to please every one, normal people like us can hear Athan from that minaret 7 Km away (why did they bother to do that if we all have watches to use? and we all have that gigantic clock on top of that tower to see?), the concept over here is to have every one alerted with Salat time in the way they understand, feel, hear and/or see, other wise no need for Athan in Haram if every one got his watch to go with.

and this is from the design concept explanation:
ويبث أذان المسجد الحرام مباشرة من أعلى ساعة مكة عبر مكبرات صوت خاصة، بحيث يمكن سماع الأذان في محيط المسجد الحرام وذلك من مسافة 7 كيلومترات تقريباً، كما أنه أثناء الأذان تتم إضاءة أعلى قمة ساعة مكة بواسطة 21،000 مصباح ضوئي يصدر أضواء لامعة باللونين الأبيض والأخضر، يمكن رؤيتها من مسافة تصل إلى 30 كيلومتراً من البرج، وهي تشير بذلك إلى وقت دخول الصلاة، بالإضافة إلى أن تلك الإشارات الضوئية تمكن ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة كضعيفي السمع أو الذين يوجدون على بعد من المسجد الحرام من معرفة وقت دخول الصلاة.

COMEON!! I can't believe you seriously believe all that. The flashing lights and the glimmering crescent with a tall building is just a rush to outpace Dubai in glitzy development. Just make some excuse and associate Islam / benefit to people somehow, and here you have a thawab-making gimmick to call people to prayer. :nuts::ohno: It is what it is in plain sight.

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 09:37 PM

looks like you are very concerned with photos only with out understanding the concept behind that huge project

it was meant to please every one, normal people like us can hear Athan from that minaret 7 Km away (why did they bother to do that if we all have watches to use? and we all have that gigantic clock on top of that tower to see?), the concept over here is to have every one alerted with Salat time in the way they understand, feel, hear and/or see, other wise no need for Athan in Haram if every one got his watch to go with.

and this is from the design concept explanation:
ويبث أذان المسجد الحرام مباشرة من أعلى ساعة مكة عبر مكبرات صوت خاصة، بحيث يمكن سماع الأذان في محيط المسجد الحرام وذلك من مسافة 7 كيلومترات تقريباً، كما أنه أثناء الأذان تتم إضاءة أعلى قمة ساعة مكة بواسطة 21،000 مصباح ضوئي يصدر أضواء لامعة باللونين الأبيض والأخضر، يمكن رؤيتها من مسافة تصل إلى 30 كيلومتراً من البرج، وهي تشير بذلك إلى وقت دخول الصلاة، بالإضافة إلى أن تلك الإشارات الضوئية تمكن ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة كضعيفي السمع أو الذين يوجدون على بعد من المسجد الحرام من معرفة وقت دخول الصلاة.First thanks to educate me :)

But I don't think at all that they conceive this kind of lighting ''first'' for the deaf ppl. Maybe it help for them. But if tomorrow there is no more deaf ppl in Makkah area I'm sure they will continue to light it - for prayers, at beginning of each month and for eids - because the first reason it's for all muslims in the Makkah area. The lighting is for everyone who sees. Light can be seen far away for all over the Makkah area where adhan don't go so far.

You have to put in mind that they want the highest and beautiful minaret in the world for ''Makkah'' the city they plan to be the most beautiful city in the world (''A Blooming Garden''). So lighting makes the minaret ''special''! A landmark (and they compite with BigBen...lol)

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 11:21 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/6012130951_269a0a51d5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/48961486@N04/6012130951/)
Makkah _ clock () (http://www.flickr.com/photos/48961486@N04/6012130951/) par Lulu -Kh (http://www.flickr.com/people/48961486@N04/), sur Flickr

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Sans titre de (http://www.flickr.com/photos/48961486@N04/6012678744/) par Lulu -Kh (http://www.flickr.com/people/48961486@N04/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 11:22 PM

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/56907137.jpg

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 11:23 PM

Photoshop!
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Royal Clock Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zulfiqarsoomro3d-artist/6012148377/) par Zulfiqar Ali Soomro (http://www.flickr.com/people/zulfiqarsoomro3d-artist/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/6012147197_1282af1f79_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zulfiqarsoomro3d-artist/6012147197/)
Royal Clock Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zulfiqarsoomro3d-artist/6012147197/) par Zulfiqar Ali Soomro (http://www.flickr.com/people/zulfiqarsoomro3d-artist/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 11:24 PM

Makkah clock tower in Ramadan 2011

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/monat/6009571368/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/6009022669_b2eb909367_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monat/6009022669/in/photostream/

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 11:29 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/6014269774_48a461ac60_b.jpg

Roukaya19

August 6th, 2011, 11:47 PM

أكبر ساعة في العالم تلفت أنظار ضيوف بيت الله الحرام

The Grand Clock of the world
draws the attention of the guests of House of God

http://s.alriyadh.com/2011/08/06/img/267847768646.jpg
إضاءة الساعة تشاهد من مسافة 30 كلم
Lighting time you see from a distance of 30 km

6 August 2011

مكة المكرمة – جمعان الكناني، عدسة – محمد حامد:
تبدو ساعة مكة المكرمة الشامخة في سماء البيت الحرام معلما بارزا لكل زائر إلى بيت الله بلونها الأخضر، المرحب بضيوف البيت العتيق. الساعة المرشحة لان تكون اكبر ساعة تعانق السماء عالميا يمكن رؤيتها من جميع أحياء مكة المكرمة، وهذا ما يجعلها إضافة جمالية متميزة لمعالم مكة المكرمة بما تمثله من تصميم هندسي متقن، شارك في صنعه نخبة من المهندسين المحليين والعالميين.

وفي بعض المناسبات الإسلامية كدخول الأشهر الهجرية والأعياد، يتم إضاءة 16 حزمة ضوئية عامودية خاصة تصل إلى ما يزيد عن 10 كيلومترات نحو السماء وتبلغ قوة كل حزمة ضوئية عشرة كيلواط. وسيبث أذان المسجد الحرام مباشرة من أعلى ساعة مكة عبر مكبرات صوت خاصة بحيث يمكن سماع الأذان في محيط المسجد الحرام وذلك من مسافة سبعة كيلو مترات تقريبا.

وأثناء الأذان، يتم إضاءة أعلى قمة ساعة مكة بواسطة 21.000 مصباح ضوئي يصدر أضواء لامعة باللونين الأبيض والأخضر يمكن رؤيتها من مسافة تصل إلى 30 كيلو متراً من البرج وهي تشير بذلك إلى وقت دخول الصلاة. كما تمكِّن هذه الإشارات الضوئية ذوي الحاجات الخاصة كضعيفي السمع مثلا أو الذين يتواجدون على بعد من المسجد الحرام من معرفة وقت دخول الصلاة. وتكون واجهة الساعة باللون الأبيض والمؤشرات باللون الأسود نهاراً وباللون الأخضر والمؤشرات باللون الأبيض ليلاً.

http://www.alriyadh.com/net/article/656894

Google translation:

Makkah - Jamaan Kanani, lens - Muhammad Hamid:

Mecca-hour look majestic in the sky of the Sacred House, a milestone each visitor to the house of God Blonha green, welcoming guests to the Ancient House. The time candidate to be the largest global-hour hugging the sky can be seen from all districts of Mecca, and that makes it distinct aesthetic addition to the features of Mecca due to its elaborate design engineering, participated in the making of a selection of local and international engineers.

On some occasions, such as entering the Islamic Hijri months and holidays, the 16 beam illumination light vertical especially up to more than 10 kilometers towards the sky and of the strength of each beam ten kilowatts. The ears will be broadcast directly from the Grand Mosque of Mecca by the highest-hour special speakers so that prayer can be heard in the vicinity of the Grand Mosque and from a distance of seven kilometers approximately.

During the call to prayer, lighting is the highest peak hour of Mecca by 21.000 issued light bulb lights bright white and green can be seen from a distance of up to 30 kilometers from the tower which is referring to the time of entering the prayer. It also enables optical signals with special needs Kdaafa hearing for example, or who happened to be on after the Grand Mosque of knowing the time of entering the prayer. And a clock face with white indices and black during the day and green and white indicators at night.

penta_a

August 6th, 2011, 11:58 PM

First thanks to educate me :)

But I don't think at all that they conceive this kind of lighting ''first'' for the deaf ppl. Maybe it help for them. But if tomorrow there is no more deaf ppl in Makkah area I'm sure they will continue to light it - for prayers, at beginning of each month and for eids - because the first reason it's for all muslims in the Makkah area. The lighting is for everyone who sees. Light can be seen far away for all over the Makkah area where adhan don't go so far.

You have to put in mind that they want the highest and beautiful minaret in the world for ''Makkah'' the city they plan to be the most beautiful city in the world (''A Blooming Garden''). So lighting makes the minaret ''special''! A landmark (and they compite with BigBen...lol)

What ever!

Saudi guy

August 7th, 2011, 01:02 AM

Vertical beams alone are more than enough to attract deaf attention!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voNsAbYg-tI/TcHR2xS6L-I/AAAAAAAAANY/NvBTkiOCsQM/s1600/Ground+zero+beams+of+light.jpg

Alrayyan

August 7th, 2011, 02:11 AM

^^ Hahaha :lol:

Conspiracy theories ? lets associate the two sets of light beams beaming from the crescent with the ground zero memorial on 9/11.... *Troll Face*

Roukaya19

August 7th, 2011, 04:44 AM

Lighting 21 thousand lamps

The biggest clock in the world attracts
the sights of the visitors of the Holy Mosque

http://s.alriyadh.com/2011/08/06/img/023129564013.jpg
The lighting of the clock can be seen from 30 KM
7 August 2011

Mecca – Jama’an Al Kenani
The high clock of Mecca in the sky of the Holy Mosque is a prominent landmark with its green color for every welcomed visitor of the Holy Mosque. The clock that is elected to be the biggest work internationally can be seen from all Mecca neighborhoods, which makes it a distinguished aesthetic addition to the landmarks of Mecca with what it resembles of accurate geometric design where a selection of local and international engineers participated in creating it.

In some Islamic occasions such as the arrival of Hejri months and Eids, 16 thousand special vertical light bundles get lighted to more than 10 kilometers into the sky, where the strength of each light bundle reaches ten kilowatts. The prayer calling of the Holy Mosque will be transmitted live from the tip of Mecca clock through special speakers that will allow hearing the prayer calling of the Holy Mosque from around seven kilometers distance.

During the prayer calling, the top of Mecca clock gets lighted by 21,000 light lamps of bright white and green colors that can be seen of a distance the reaches 30 kilometers from the tower, pointing the approach of prayer time. Those light pointers also allow the disabled people such as those with weak hearing or those that are far away from the Holy mosques to know the prayer timing. The front of the clock is white with black pointers at daytime and green with white pointers in nighttime.

http://s.alriyadh.com/2011/08/06/img/957352680488.jpg

http://www.alriyadh.com/en/article/657125/the-biggest-clock-in-the-world-attracts-the-sights-of-the-visitors-of-the-holy-mosque

Alrayyan

August 7th, 2011, 03:41 PM

I heard there was a fire inside the clock yesterday!!!!!!!!!!?!?!!!!???!!!!!!

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 7th, 2011, 04:31 PM

Nice updates...:okay:

Roukaya19

August 7th, 2011, 05:29 PM

I heard there was a fire inside the clock yesterday!!!!!!!!!!?!?!!!!???!!!!!!That what this video says!

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Roukaya19

August 7th, 2011, 05:40 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6016558003_9781b0b1fc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6016558003/)
Makkah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6016558003/) par abdulrahman samman (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 7th, 2011, 07:51 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/6018695322_864362f2b8_z.jpg

Ramadan 7 رمضــــان

:)

IN FLICKR (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6018695322/in/photostream)

Roukaya19

August 7th, 2011, 07:52 PM

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By Lutfi Lokman on 5.8.2011

Naif Saudi

August 7th, 2011, 09:25 PM

very very Wonderful

ماشاء الله مشروع مشرف ومبهر إلى الأمام ياوطننا الحبيب

Thank you for this update

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 8th, 2011, 02:55 PM

Nice pics...:okay:

Roukaya19

August 8th, 2011, 07:10 PM

http://www.hdath.com/contents/myuppic/04e3b35efe050f.jpg
http://www.hdath.com/news.php?action=show&id=4944

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/284619_208852792495227_100001115221374_526795_341350_n.jpg

Roukaya19

August 8th, 2011, 07:12 PM

Thanks Youssef! :)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/6021708419_aaa7d53e7f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6021708419/)
Gift Makkah City 2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6021708419/) par Youssef_Ahmed (http://www.flickr.com/people/y2020y/), sur Flickr

هدية مني إليكم ،، أرجو قبولها
تستطيع بعد قص الشريط السفلي أن تجعلها خلفية لسطح مكتبك
لمشاهدة أفضل

http://v1.cache1.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/57019553.jpg?ir=1&redirect_counter=2

Google translation:A gift from me to you, please accept
You can cut the tape after the bottom to make them wallpaper for your desktop
To see the best

Roukaya19

August 8th, 2011, 07:14 PM

Old Makkah

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb338/remerodecanales/P8080033.jpg

Roukaya19

August 8th, 2011, 07:15 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/6020364528_daf2ffd4f6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mshari_alzhrani/6020364528/)
الحرم المكي الشريف (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mshari_alzhrani/6020364528/) par mshari alzhrani (http://www.flickr.com/people/mshari_alzhrani/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 8th, 2011, 07:16 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/6021492524_f50d3f701a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/prespect/6021492524/)
Al-Bayeit Towers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/prespect/6021492524/) par Abdulhameed Shamandour (http://www.flickr.com/people/prespect/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 8th, 2011, 07:17 PM

Minaret's lights

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Hang on! No security!!

Crescent completed

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Roukaya19

August 8th, 2011, 07:18 PM

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/capture-every-moment_anaise/6012141587/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6019655697_e44e65a974_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raghadalkhathlan/6019655697/

Naif Saudi

August 8th, 2011, 07:24 PM

Roukaya19

August 9th, 2011, 04:55 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6025622804_370fd4d5cc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6025622804/)
Makkah at night (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6025622804/) par abdulrahman samman عبدالرحمن سمان (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 9th, 2011, 04:56 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/6025390541_20892dd190_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lubaib/6025390541/)
The Holy Ka'abah ! Subhan Allah ! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lubaib/6025390541/) par Lυвαιв (http://www.flickr.com/people/lubaib/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6025897698_e4b44d2301_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lubaib/6025897698/)
Muslim Unity (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lubaib/6025897698/) par Lυвαιв (http://www.flickr.com/people/lubaib/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 9th, 2011, 09:49 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6024045912_c34bacec81_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/great_dream/6024045912/)
Sans titre de (http://www.flickr.com/photos/great_dream/6024045912/) par // Great Dream  (http://www.flickr.com/people/great_dream/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/6025972523_04011d5362_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaos2001/6025972523/)
Makkah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaos2001/6025972523/) par gaos2001 (http://www.flickr.com/people/gaos2001/), sur Flickr

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 10th, 2011, 01:35 AM

Nice pics...:okay:

Correspondent

August 10th, 2011, 04:55 PM

That what this video says!

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Any where abouts of the extent of damage and what lead to the fire.

Alrayyan

August 10th, 2011, 06:28 PM

There was no fire, apparently they were just clouds...

Roukaya19

August 10th, 2011, 06:41 PM

There was no fire, apparently they were just clouds...agreed

Roukaya19

August 11th, 2011, 06:05 PM

Premier Composite Technologies

The Minaret

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Observatory

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/285559_128714190554583_100002480089076_174323_5552584_n.jpg

Clock old pics

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Roukaya19

August 11th, 2011, 06:23 PM

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/57103809.jpg
Developments 10

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/57103805.jpg
Laser

:)

Mesch

August 11th, 2011, 06:42 PM

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/223692_130620557030613_100002480089076_180670_6618162_n.jpg

Wow!

Roukaya19

August 11th, 2011, 07:34 PM

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Roukaya19

August 11th, 2011, 07:36 PM

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 11th, 2011, 08:48 PM

Nice pics...:okay:

Roukaya19

August 12th, 2011, 05:11 PM

King's mini Makkah Clock

http://www.spa.gov.sa/galupload/normal/82502_1312847661_9553.jpg
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives Pakistani Prime Minister And the delegation accompanying him(SPA) 8/9/1432H

http://www.spa.gov.sa/galupload/normal/82497_1312846510_8871.jpg
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives the Governors of Administrative Regions of the Kingdom(SPA) 8/9/1432H

Roukaya19

August 12th, 2011, 05:13 PM

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/65731761@N05/6032744872/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6034287449_9ecd892a5a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fahadalyazidy/6034287449/

Roukaya19

August 12th, 2011, 05:14 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6032771485_ce3a57b3e5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryame_khaled/6032771485/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6035446565_9648119031_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryame_khaled/6035446565/in/photostream/

Roukaya19

August 12th, 2011, 05:15 PM

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/51205192@N05/6031451616/in/photostream/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/51205192@N05/6031451868/in/photostream/

Roukaya19

August 12th, 2011, 05:31 PM

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 12th, 2011, 05:32 PM

Nice pics...:okay:

What is its completion date???

Roukaya19

August 12th, 2011, 05:38 PM

Nice pics...:okay:

What is its completion date???Thanks!...I think in the beginning of 2012...time will say inshallah

Roukaya19

August 12th, 2011, 07:23 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/6027342958_ee7916cafc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6027342958/)
The Grand Mosque in Mecca (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6027342958/) par abdulrahman samman عبدالرحمن سمان (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

from the same photographer

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6016558003_9781b0b1fc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6016558003/)
Makkah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6016558003/) par abdulrahman samman عبدالرحمن سمان (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6025622804_370fd4d5cc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6025622804/)
Makkah at night (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6025622804/) par abdulrahman samman عبدالرحمن سمان (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

penta_a

August 12th, 2011, 11:21 PM

^^ Thanks Roukaya, great update

Roukaya19

August 14th, 2011, 02:01 PM

Roukaya19

August 14th, 2011, 02:02 PM

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Roukaya19

August 14th, 2011, 02:03 PM

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahamuhammed/6040489236/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorengtelor/6040327958/

Roukaya19

August 14th, 2011, 02:04 PM

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/61294450@N02/6039267033/

Roukaya19

August 14th, 2011, 02:05 PM

''No technical glitch'' in Makkah Clock Tower

http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/Issues/20110814/images/a2233.jpg

14 August 2011

Makkah - Fluorescent white and green lights filled the night sky near Central area of the Grand Mosque here after the company executing the Makkah Clock project began the final test run for the Clock.

Worshippers in the Haram were taken by surprise during taraweeh prayer on Friday night when lights in the clock suddently went off for severals minutes. Sources Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the cause was no a technical glitch but tests that are being conducted by a specialist technical team. The precision of the clock and the proper fonctioning of the electric leaps were being checked.

The company executing the project has completed installing the biggest gilded crescent in the world on top of the Makkah Clock. Light emanates from the crescent during Adhan through its 21,000 lamps, wich send shining white and green beams of light into night sky, wich can be seen from a distance of 30 km. the striking beams of lights can help people with special needs know the time for prayer despite being far away from the Haram.

Some days back the tallest gold minaret in the world - 208m high - was installed on top of the Makkah Clock.
The Makkah Clock Tower is the world's largest clock; it is 46m in diameter and 402m in height.

http://www.saudigazettedigital.com/

فحص 21 ألف مصباح ولا خلل في أداء ساعة مكة

طرزت أضواء فسفورية ذات ألوان بيضاء وخضراء سماء المنطقة المركزية المحيطة بالمسجد الحرام، بعد أن شرعت الشركة المنفذة لمشروع ساعة مكة في تنفيذ المرحلة التجريبية النهائية للساعة، والتي من المتوقع إطلاقها في ثوبها القشيب في الثلث الأخير من رمضان الجاري.

وفاجأت الساعة المصلين في صلاة التراويح البارحة الأولى في المسجد الحرام بإطفاء أضوائها لبضع دقائق، فيما أكدت مصادر لـ «عكاظ» أن ذلك لم يكن لخلل فني وإنما لتجارب يجريها فريق فني متخصص يشرف على رصد دقة عمل الساعة والمصابيح الكهربائية بها. وانتهت الشركة المنفذة من تركيب أكبر هلال مذهب في العالم، في قمة ساعة مكة المكرمة حيث تضيء أثناء الأذان بواسطة 21000 مصباح ضوئي، وتصدر هذه المصابيح أضواء لامعة باللونين الأبيض والأخضر، يمكن رؤيتها من مسافة تصل إلى 30 كيلو مترا من البرج، لتشير بذلك إلى وقت دخول الصلاة، وتمكن هذه الإشارات الضوئية ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة كضعيفي السمع مثلا أو البعيدين من المسجد الحرام من معرفة وقت دخول الصلاة، وكان قبل أيام قد جرى تركيب أطول مئذنة ذهبية في العالم، والتي اعتلت ساعة مكة بطولها البالغ 208 أمتار.

وكانت ساعة مكة احتلت المركز الأول على الساعات العالمية بمجرد انطلاقها في بداية شهر رمضان الماضي ويبلغ قطر الساعة 46 مترا فيما يبلغ ارتفاعها 402 متر من ساحة الحرم ويمكن رؤيتها وسماع صوتها من مسافات بعيدة كما يعلو الساعة من الجهات الأربع «لفظ الجلالة».

http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/Issues/20110814/Con20110814439479.htm

Roukaya19

August 14th, 2011, 02:30 PM

Back clock ''not lighting''
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Back clock ''lighting''
kp2oiIbnj7U&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

3xemn3LoOBo

Roukaya19

August 14th, 2011, 09:03 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/6041348296_c65336e9a6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6041348296/)
Makkah from AL-Saida mount (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6041348296/) par abdulrahman samman عبدالرحمن سمان (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6082/6037475096_3833b415a5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6037475096/)
Towers House (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6037475096/) par abdulrahman samman عبدالرحمن سمان (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

Naif Saudi

August 14th, 2011, 09:46 PM

Really great photos

Thank you for this update

Rody69

August 15th, 2011, 06:52 AM

Roukaya19

August 15th, 2011, 02:15 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6044317891_3b16e9abab_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/k2i4n6g8/6044317891/)
Ramadan Kareem (http://www.flickr.com/photos/k2i4n6g8/6044317891/) par King | حسن أبوالريش (http://www.flickr.com/people/k2i4n6g8/), sur Flickr

AT1TOHvMgTc

http://www.7attan.com/wp-content/themes/manifesto/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.7attan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/123455F.png&h=300&w=600&zc=1

Roukaya19

August 15th, 2011, 02:49 PM

King's Mini Makkah Clock
still there...and also the cheap phone...lol

http://www.spa.gov.sa/galupload/normal/82619_1313358427_5027.jpg

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives Turkey's president(SPA)14-9-1432H

Roukaya19

August 15th, 2011, 07:16 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6046176162_d961da8717_b.jpg

مبارك عليكم الشهر

RAMADAN KAREEM

:)

IN FLICKR (http://www.flickr.com/photos/y2020y/6046176162/in/photostream/)

Roukaya19

August 15th, 2011, 07:17 PM

Haramainrecordings presenting the Makkah Clock

few second...

1 August 2011
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2 August 2011
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Roukaya19

August 15th, 2011, 07:28 PM

Clock Tower Light Testing

EeWWOKpSyPg

Roukaya19

August 15th, 2011, 11:20 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6046814628_90f84f007d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghanboosi/6046814628/)
makkah::مكه (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghanboosi/6046814628/) par Hamed Al-Ghanboosi (http://www.flickr.com/people/ghanboosi/), sur Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6044295324_7e9de6779d_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hshiddi/6044295324/

Roukaya19

August 15th, 2011, 11:21 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/6043873871_fbd836e68e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6043873871/)
The Biggest Watch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/44797382@N04/6043873871/) par abdulrahman samman عبدالرحمن سمان (http://www.flickr.com/people/44797382@N04/), sur Flickr

Saudi guy

August 16th, 2011, 05:09 AM

I just came from Mecca this building looks way bigger in real life I can see the upper half of the clock tower clearly at night before passing the Meqat! the one thing I really detest is when the flashy lights turn on it's so annoying can't believe such proposal get approved!
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2816/testjsh.jpg

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 16th, 2011, 04:54 PM

Nice updates...:okay:

Roukaya19

August 16th, 2011, 07:25 PM

A Journey to the Makkah Royal Clock Tower

amazing view on Makkah!

pKsWaSim7EM

alheaine

August 16th, 2011, 08:03 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6038955001_c71da37016_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaattallah/6038955001/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/monaattallah/6038954041/in/photostream/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6040141882_a2001901ba_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryame_khaled/6040141882/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/6040489236_513d8fb840_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahamuhammed/6040489236/

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6040327958_797e664b7e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorengtelor/6040327958/

^^
i am always fascinated by it's beauty..but i can only see it's magnificence on pictures.. :)

Roukaya19

August 17th, 2011, 10:48 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/6043631394_ff517fc5c1_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mohammadphotography/6043631394/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mohammadphotography/6043050859/in/photostream/

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 02:47 PM

http://images.alarabiya.net/meca2_11609_8878.jpg

uSvd0t3Hqg8

article:http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162816.html

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 02:48 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6054536437_03aa95582a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noufhamad/6054536437/

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 02:49 PM

http://www.spa.gov.sa/galupload/normal/82744_1313598194_3200.jpg

Saudi Press Agency

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 03:55 PM

The crescent ...old pics

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Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 04:20 PM

Spire - Lunar Center

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 18th, 2011, 04:35 PM

Nice pics...:okay:

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 05:08 PM

Clock and plus...

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Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 06:28 PM

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/57552680.jpg

RAMADAN 18 رمضـــــان

In panoramio (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/57552680)

:)

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 06:41 PM

Acheivement and Success

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/291911_2115871867813_1576223630_2085689_6710916_n.jpg

Congradulation!

3baaad 4 Jeddah

August 18th, 2011, 07:03 PM

uSvd0t3Hqg8

article:http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/18/162816.html

يستهبلو العربية 400 ضربة ان شاء الله
التقرير من جنبها
يحق للناس لما يقولو العربية قناة فاشلة
:ohno:

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 07:14 PM

يستهبلو العربية 400 ضربة ان شاء الله
التقرير من جنبها
يحق للناس لما يقولو العربية قناة فاشلة
:ohno:??? what is it??? what's the problem? sorry I don't understand arabic

can you explain it to me in english, please?

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 09:29 PM

yUpi4XkBLQg

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 09:30 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6033108751_28221c7371_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/prespect/6033108751/)
Al-Bayeit Towers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/prespect/6033108751/) par Abdulhameed Shamandour (http://www.flickr.com/people/prespect/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 18th, 2011, 09:35 PM

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6056185733_dddd64ee79_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30794489@N06/6056185733/)
IMG_8026 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30794489@N06/6056185733/) par Hamza Gazzaz (http://www.flickr.com/people/30794489@N06/), sur Flickr

Roukaya19

August 19th, 2011, 12:23 AM

''Makkah Royal Clock Tower''

to be launched officially on Friday 19 August 2011

^^ ^^ ^^

http://www.upislam.com/images/07719463179298674771.jpg

Where's asyiqul^huur???

Alrayyan

August 19th, 2011, 12:58 AM

Its already that date in Makkah ! any updates !?

3baaad 4 Jeddah

August 19th, 2011, 02:19 AM

??? what is it??? what's the problem? sorry I don't understand arabic

can you explain it to me in english, please?

am saying that
the reporter said the height of the royal clock tower 400 m seriously ??
and the report it's not true
and people have the right to say alarabiya sucks
just this
and thanx for makkah update Roukaya :banana:

MoDix101

August 19th, 2011, 03:21 AM

يحق للناس لما يقولو العربية قناة فاشلة

MoDix101

August 19th, 2011, 03:21 AM

....

Roukaya19

August 19th, 2011, 02:41 PM

A big shot!
Makkah Royal Clock Tower

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Roukaya19

August 19th, 2011, 08:34 PM

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Roukaya19

August 19th, 2011, 08:35 PM

King Abdullah is due to officially inaugurate

the ''Mecca Royal Clock Tower''

on Friday evening

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Abdullah opens work on Mecca mosque extension

19 August 2011

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will officially launch a $10.6-billion (7.3-billion-euro) extension project Friday for the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, media reports said.

The project is intended to allow the complex to accommodate some two million worshippers at a time, the daily Asharq al-Awsat said.

The site, where 10,000 workers are already working round-the-clock covers an area of 400,000 square metres (4.3 million square feet).

The project envisages a multi-level extension on the north side of the complex, together with stairways and tunnels to facilitate worshippers access to the mosque, built around the cubic Kaaba that all Muslims face to pray.

The Grand Mosque underwent significant expansion in the mid-1980s, but the number of Muslim pilgrims has steadily grown, requiring another expansion.

Friday evening, Abdullah also is due to officially inaugurate the 601-metre (1,983-foot) Mecca Royal Clock Tower, topped with a gigantic four-faced clock that rises from behind the hills and helps visitors at other holy sites locate the Grand Mosque.

The clock tower is the world's second tallest building -- behind the Burj Khalifa, the 828-metre (2,717-foot) skyscraper inaugurated in Dubai early last year.

Mecca, which during the annual hajj pilgrimage attracts some 2.5 million Muslims from around the world for a stay of two weeks on average, last November opened a metro service that will operate only during the hajj season.

A proposed $10-billion (7-billion-euro) high-speed train linking Jeddah to Medina via Mecca is also in the cards, with European and Asian companies locked in fierce competition for the project.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hLaw_-kQrjWW_6LMymDOhmbEgrlw?docId=CNG.3d2307e4375fe7fc89b5b38d0b8bf535.771

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 19th, 2011, 11:26 PM

Acheivement and Success

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Congradulation!

Nice one....Congrats

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 19th, 2011, 11:28 PM

Any news about total cost incurred on this tower??

Roukaya19

August 19th, 2011, 11:46 PM

Any news about total cost incurred on this tower??only for this tower I don't know, but the whole Abraj al Bait complex around 3 billions.

Roukaya19

August 19th, 2011, 11:47 PM

Minaret flashing!

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Roukaya19

August 20th, 2011, 06:21 PM

''Largest Haram Expansion'' launched

Holy Mosque Expansion ''Foundation Stone'' and

''Makkah Royal Clock Tower'' launched

on Friday 19 August 2011

On that historical day...

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Roukaya19

August 20th, 2011, 06:28 PM

Makkah Clock Tower Inauguration day

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August 20th, 2011, 06:40 PM

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Naif Saudi

August 21st, 2011, 10:37 AM

Makkah Clock Tower Inauguration day

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3baaad 4 Jeddah

August 21st, 2011, 11:09 AM

Makkah Clock Tower Inauguration day

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love the tower love the tower love the tower :banana:

Eng.mohammed.

August 21st, 2011, 04:18 PM

Very Amazing

Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 21st, 2011, 07:23 PM

Makkah Clock Tower Inauguration day

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It looks Superb, thanks for sharing...

Roukaya19

August 22nd, 2011, 03:21 PM

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Roukaya19

August 22nd, 2011, 03:22 PM

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Roukaya19

August 22nd, 2011, 03:23 PM

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Correspondent

August 22nd, 2011, 04:16 PM

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MTF

August 22nd, 2011, 07:29 PM

Nice pics!

Roukaya19

August 22nd, 2011, 07:59 PM

the article about last pics

Aerial pictures on Makkah
by Ahmed Hashad on Saturday night.

http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article491837.ece/REPRESENTATIONS/large_620x350/Hashad1.jpg

Aerial pictures of the Grand Mosque and surrounding areas taken
by Arab News photographer Ahmed Hashad on Saturday night.

By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA & MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS

Published: Aug 21, 2011 22:27 Updated: Aug 21, 2011 22:39

MAKKAH/RIYADH: The Grand Mosque in Makkah is filled to the brim with worshippers these days as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have come from all over the world to perform Umrah and attend taraweeh and qiyamullail prayers, seeking the blessings of Lailat Al-Qadr (night of power).

The Civil Defense department in Makkah gave Arab News a rare opportunity to take aerial photos of the Grand Mosque on the 21st night of Ramadan on Saturday sitting in their helicopter and at the initiative of Maj. Gen. Muhammad Al-Harbi, commander of aviation in the Kingdom.

The S92 model helicopter was piloted by Capt. Abdul Aziz Al-Dhufyan and 1st Lt. Ziyad Al-Otaibi.

The helicopter had come from Jeddah and was flying at a height of 4,000 feet at a speed of 80 knots.

The trip covered the central region of Makkah and the Arab News photographer was able to take shots of the whole of Makkah from various angles. The camera focused on the newly established Makkah Clock on the King Abdul Aziz Endowment Tower.

The helicopter flew over the Misfala, Kuday, Ajyad, Hafair, Hajoun and Aziziya areas that were crowded with vehicles carrying pilgrims and worshippers. The pilots gave instructions to Civil Defense ground staff based on information they had on traffic in various parts of the city.

The trip on the helicopter, which is mainly engaged in search, rescue and fire extinguishing operations and airlifting patients, took about an hour and half. The plane can carry up to 22 people.

full article:http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article491821.ece

Roukaya19

August 22nd, 2011, 08:00 PM

عكاظ ترصد نبض المنطقة المركزية على متن أحدث الطائرات العمودية في العالم

مكة.. لوحة بانورامية تشع نوراً على ارتفاع 3 آلاف قدم

Mecca...panoranic view at 3000 feet heigh

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بدا المسجد الحرام وعلى ارتفاع 3000 قدم كلوحة بانورامية مرصعة بالألماس، مزجت بجموع من المصلين وهم يؤدون صلاة التراويح وسط روحانية المكان والزمان فمن خلال المنظر الجوي للعاصمة تشاهد الحرم المكي عقدا من تحيط به منازل أهل مكة كأنها فوانيس.

رصدت «عكاظ» نبض مكة المكرمة والمنطقة المركزية خلال رحلتين قبل الإفطار و أثناء صلاة التراويح على متن طائرة طيران الدفاع المدني من طراز (S-92) الجديدة والتي تعد من أحدث الطائرات العمودية في العالم.

انطلقت الطائرة بالرحلة الأولى الساعة الرابعة عصرا من قاعدة الطيران المدني في حي العوالي، حيث استمرت الرحلة زهاء الساعة الكاملة تم خلالها رصد حركة توجه الصائمين إلى المسجد الحرام وانسيابية الحركة في المنطقة المركزية، حيث يصل الصائمون إلى الحرم بمجموعات صغيرة.

الرحلة الثانية انطلقت من نفس المكان باختلاف الزمان الذي كان عند الساعة العاشرة أثناء أداء المصلين لصلاة التراويح، حيث إن المنظر على ارتفاع 3000 قدم أشبه بالخيال فمن هذا العلو يمكن رصد جميع الطرق وتحديد المناطق الحرجة للدخول والخروج للحرم، حيث كانت أغلب الطرق المؤدية للحرم في المنطقة المركزية هيأت للمشاة بينما كانت هناك بعض المواقع التي تشهد كثافة للمركبات.

ساعة مكة التي تقف شامخة كأطول ساعة في العالم بدت كذلك جوا، حيث يتعجب لمشاهدتها من يقف على الأرض أو في الجو فهذا المشروع الضخم أصبح علامة فارقة بعد المسجد الحرام في مكة المكرمة، حيث منظر الساعة مع المسجد الحرام أشبه برسمة يعجز عمالقة الرسامين عن طباعتها.

خلال طيران الطائرة على المسجد الحرام ظل أشعاع ليزر يدوي يوجهه أحد الأشخاص من أحياء مكة يلاحق الطائرة في كل مرة تمر من فوق الحي الذي يسكنه، حيث أن الإشعاع يصل إلى الطائرة التي تبعد 3000 قدم عن سطح الأرض.

قائدي الطائرتين اللتان أقلتا «عكاظ» كانا متعاونان بشكل كبير جدا مع المصور في الارتفاع واختيار زواية التصوير.

وأوضح اللواء محمد بن عيد الحربي قائد طيران الدفاع المدني، الحقيقة أن الطائرات الحديثة في أسطول طيران الدفاع المدني، والتي وفرتها حكومة خادم الحرمين الشريفين لخدمة قاصدي وزوار بيت الله الحرام مجهزة بأحدث الأجهزة لتنفيذ كافة المهمات والعمليات المطلوبة أيا كان نوعها، مع إمكانية تجهيز كل طائرة بما يلزم لأداء مهمات بعينها وعلى سبيل المثال، تجهيز الطائرات بجردل الإطفاء سعة 650 جالون لمكافحة الحرائق، أو تجهيزها بونش للإنقاذ أو كافة التجهيزات الطبية لأداء المهمات الإسعافية مثل أجهزة الإنعاش الرئوي والتنفس الصناعي وتخطيط القلب وجهاز الصدمات الكهربائية، بل وتم أخيراً تأمين حاضنات لحديثي الولادة ضمن التجهيزات الطبية للطائرات الخاصة، بتقديم الخدمات الإسعافية.

http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/Issues/20110822/Con20110822440915.htm

Google trans:

Mecca .. Panel panoramic shine a light on the height of 3 thousand feet

Appeared on the Grand Mosque and the height of 3000 feet as pallets panoramic diamond, mixed crowds of worshipers were performing prayers spiritual center of the time and place it through the scene the air of the capital see the Grand Mosque is surrounded by a contract from the homes of the people of Mecca as lanterns.

Monitored the «Gazette» Pulse Mecca and the central region during the two flights before breakfast and during the Taraweeh prayers on a plane flight from the civil defense model (S-92), which is new from the latest helicopter in the world.

Launched the first airplane flight at four in the afternoon from the base of civil aviation in the district of Awali, where the flight lasted about an hour during which the full monitor the movement of fasting people went to the Sacred Mosque and the traffic flow in the central region, where those who fast up to the campus in small groups.

Second flight was launched from the same place according to time, which was at ten o'clock in the performance of the worshipers for prayers, as the landscape at an altitude of 3000 feet more like a fantasy, it is this height can be monitored all the roads and to identify critical areas for entry and exit of the campus, where most of the roads leading to the campus in the region Central has created a pedestrian while there were some sites where density of vehicles.

Makkah Clock, which stand tall tallest clock in the world seemed as well as air, where the wonder of watching from the stands on the ground or in the air, this project could become a milestone after the Grand Mosque in Mecca, where the stock clock with the Grand Mosque is like drawing a fail giants illustrators for print.

During the plane flight to the Grand Mosque under the radiation of the laser guided hand of a people living in Mecca pursues the plane each time passing over his neighborhood, where the radiation up to the plane, which lies 3000 feet above the ground.

Pilots who Oqlta «Gazette» collaborators were very significantly with the photographer on the rise and the selection angle photography.

Major General Mohammed bin Holiday Military Commander Aviation Civil Defense, the fact that modern aircraft in the fleet of civil defense, and provided by the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to serve Cassidy and visitors to the House of God is equipped with the latest equipment to perform all tasks and processes required of every kind, with the possibility of equipping each aircraft necessary to perform the tasks given, for example, the processing of aircraft Bjrdl fire capacity of 650 gallons of fire-fighting, or processing Punch to the rescue or all of the medical equipment to perform the tasks ambulatory devices such as recovery pulmonary and respiratory and ECG and a electric shock, but was finally secure incubators for newborns within the medical equipment to aircraft, to provide ambulance services.

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Ahmad Rashid Ahmad

August 22nd, 2011, 08:03 PM

Very nice pics....:happy:

Roukaya19

August 22nd, 2011, 08:04 PM

Now we can see...
Makkah Day&Night

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Roukaya19

August 22nd, 2011, 08:36 PM

Now this video presented with the

''Adhan''

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Allahou Akbar!

Roukaya19

August 24th, 2011, 11:51 PM

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تدشين وقف الملك عبد العزيز
ليلة 20 رمضان 1432 هـ

Roukaya19

August 24th, 2011, 11:54 PM

They did the corner pieces with a little dome at the bottom of the clock
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Roukaya19

August 25th, 2011, 12:10 AM

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Inauguration of the Makkah Clock

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Roukaya19

August 25th, 2011, 12:12 AM

بنظام حماية متكامل ضد أسوأ احتمالات العوامل الطبيعية

أطول ساعة في العالم تعلن انطلاق «توقيت مكة المكرمة»

An integrated system of protection against the worst possibilities of natural factors
Longer hours in the world announces launch of «the timing of Mecca»

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تحفة عمرانية تعلن انطلاق « توقيت مكة المكرمة » « عدسة محمد حامد »

مكة المكرمة - خالد عبدالله

تعتبر ساعة مكة المكرمة تحفة معمارية فريدة، سُخرت لها أفضل القدرات الهندسية في العالم لوضع تصاميمها ونُفذت بأيدي أمهر الصُناع، حتى باتت على صورتها الحالية أكبر ساعة في العالم، ينساب الأذان منها عذباً رقراقاً صافياً موصلاً رسالة التسامح والصفاء، والدعوة إلى العبادة، خمس مرات في اليوم.

لساعة مكة المكرمة خصوصيتها وتميزها إذ تجاوزت جميع الأرقام القياسية السابقة في صناعة الساعات عبر التاريخ إضافة إلى مكانها بجانب الحرم المكي الشريف، أطهر بقعة على وجه الأرض، ومهوى أفئدة المسلمين، ومحط أنظار العالم في أوقات متعددة من العام.

ضخامة الساعة، ستجعل من مشاهدتها في أي مكان في العاصمة المقدسة، أمراً سهلاً وممكناً، إضافة إلى أنه بإمكان المار عبر طريق مكة المكرمة إلى جدة مشاهدتها أيضاً.

وتتكون الساعة من أربع واجهات، قد ركبت على جدران الساعة مخارج ضوئية من الليزر تصدر شعاعاً ضوئياً في المناسبات المختلفة، كالأعياد إضافة إلى إشارات ضوئية وقت الأذان، كما أن للساعة نظام حماية متكاملا ضد العوامل الطبيعية من أتربة ورياح وأمطار.

وتعد الساعة الجديدة والفريدة من نوعها رائعة من روائع الهندسة والتصميم المتقن، إذ يبلغ وزن كل محرك ما يزيد عن 21 طناً، وعلى هذا النحو فإن محركات ساعة مكة المكرمة تعد أكبر وأثقل المحركات التي تم صنعها حتى الآن. وتقوم الألواح الشمسية بتوليد الطاقة الكهربائية لتشغيل محركات الساعة، كما ترتبط الساعة بالشبكة الكهربائية العامة لمكة المكرمة، لتزويدها بطاقة كهربائية إضافية.

كما أن لكل واجهة من واجهات الساعة الأربع محركا خاصا بها، مع وجود تطابق في الوقت بينها، يربطهما توقيت مكة المكرمة، الذي يأخذ معلوماته من ٥ ساعات ذرية عالية الدقة تشكل الجزء الأساسي من مركز توقيت مكة المكرمة.

تبلغ أبعاد الجهة الواحدة من ساعة مكة المكرمة ٤٣ متراً عرضاً في ٤٣ متراً ارتفاعاً.

ويبلغ ارتفاع برج الساعة قرابة ٢٥٠ متراً، يبدأ بناؤه من ارتفاع ٣٥٠ متراً فوق سطح الأرض في قمة البرج رقم ٥ من مشروع وقف الملك عبدالعزيز للحرمين الشريفين، ليصل مجمل ارتفاع ساعة مكة المكرمة إلى ٦٠١ متر .

وغطيت الساعة الفريدة بأكثر من 98 مليون قطعة من الفسيفساء الزجاجية الملونة، إضافة إلى أكثر من مليوني وحدة ضوئية من نوع LED بغرض الإضاءة، مع تغطيتها ب ٤٣٠ متراً مربعاً من الألياف الكربونية المطورة.

تم تطوير خليط من مادة البرونز وفق خاصية تناسب صناعة التروس فقد تم صب خليط البرونز بأسلوب الصب المستمر ثم تقطيعه حسب الحجم المطلوب، ليتم بعد ذلك تشكيله بصورة تقريبية وفق المقاييس النهائية وهو لا يزال عند درجة حرارة ٥٠ درجة مئوية، وخلال عملية التشكيل تصل الآلات إلى دقة قياس +/ 3- ملم، وبعد ذلك يتم ضبط التروس بدقة عالية عندما يتم تحجيم الأجزاء بشكلها النهائي. كما يتم مراقبة جميع مراحل العمل بأجهزة قياس إلكترونية لضمان دقة تصنيع كل جزء من أجزاء الساعة على حدة.

وتتكون سلسلة مسننات التروس وأسنان التروس البرونزية المواجهة لها من الفولاذ المقوى خصيصاً وبالرغم من حجمها الكبير إلا أن التروس يتم تعشيقها داخل سلسلة المسننات بتفاوت يصل إلى 0.01 ملم فقط، وتساهم هذه الدقة العالية لتعشيق التروس في جعل الأجزاء المتحركة تتحرك بأقل قدر من الاحتكاك.

ويشغل كل من عقرب الساعات وعقرب الدقائق محركين منفصلين ضمن وحدة التشغيل تزن أكثر من 21 طنا، مما يجعلها أكبر وأثقل وحدة تشغيل لساعة على الاطلاق، وتدير الساعة أربع وحدات تشغيل، لكل وجه وحدة منفصلة بحيث تستقبل الأربع وحدات الإشارة نفسها في الوقت نفسه والذي يديرها أحدث نظام ذري في العالم.

كما يعد الهلال الموجود على قمة الساعة الأكبر في العالم حيث يبلغ قطره 23 متراً ويبلغ طول حرف الألف الموجود في كلمة “الله أكبر” في أعلى الساعة أكثر من 23 متراً.

يتم رفع الأذان من أعلى ساعة مكة المكرمة بواسطة أقوى نظام صوتي من نوعه على الاطلاق، وتضاء أثناء الأذان 21,000 وحدة ضوئية باللونين الأبيض والأخضر تستخدم لتعزيز الرؤية في جميع أنحاء منطقة مكة المكرمة حيث تتم إضاءة 24 قضيبا متحركا، و800 قضيب ثابت.

لو تم بناء برج الساعة كمبنى مستقل لكان إنجازاً فريداً من حيث الضخامة ومتطلبات الإنجاز، أما بناء برج الساعة ابتداءً من ارتفاع ٣٥٠ متراً فوق سطح الأرض في قمة البرج رقم ٥ من مشروع وقف الملك عبدالعزيز للحرمين الشريفين، ليصل مجمل ارتفاع الساعة والمبنى إلى ٦٠١ متر، ليكون ثاني أعلى مبنى في العالم على هذا الارتفاع قام ٢٥٠ متخصصاً وفنياً، وبالاستعانة بسبع رافعات برجية ببناء أكبر ساعة في العالم توفر مرجعاً جديدا للتوقيت في العالم الإسلامي "توقيت مكة المكرمة”.

http://www.alriyadh.com/2011/08/21/article660741.html

Google trans:

Makkah - Khalid Abdullah

The hour Mecca unique architectural masterpiece, scoffed at her best engineering capabilities in the world to develop designs and implemented the hands of skilled craftsmen, so now the image of the current largest clock in the world, flowing prayer of fresh Riqraca net connected to the message of tolerance, serenity, and the call to worship five times a today.

For an hour Mecca privacy and excellence exceeding all previous records in the watch industry history in addition to its place next to the Haram al-Sharif, the purest spot on earth, dearest to the hearts of Muslims, and the focus of world attention at various times of the year.

Magnitude of the time, will make it to see anywhere in the Holy City, is easy and possible, in addition to being able to pass-through via Mecca to Jeddah also be seen.

Time and consists of four interfaces, have been installed on the walls of time light exits from the laser light beam issued on different occasions, such as Eid in addition to light signals the time for prayer, and the hour of an integrated system of protection against natural elements of earth, wind and rain.

The time of new and unique masterpiece of engineering and the well-designed, with each engine weighs more than 21 tons, and as such, the Mecca-hour drives are larger and heavier engines that have been made so far. The solar panels generate power to run time engines and time associated with the public electricity grid to Mecca, to supply additional power capacity.

Also, each interface of the interfaces at the four engines of its own, with a match in time between them, linked by the timing of Mecca, which takes its information from 5 high-precision atomic clocks are the main part of the Center for the timing of Mecca.

The dimensions of the one hour of Mecca a presentation at the 43 meters 43 meters high.

The height of the clock tower about 250 meters, begins construction of 350 meters high above the ground on top of the tower No. 5 of the draft King Abdul Aziz Endowment of the Two Holy Mosques, for a total height of Mecca hour to 601 meters.

Unique time and covered more than 98 million pieces of colored glass mosaics, in addition to more than two million units of the type of light to LED lighting, with coverage of 430 square meters of carbon fiber developed.

Been the development of a mixture of bronze according to the property fit the industry gears have been pouring a mixture bronze style continuous casting and then cut to the required size, is then formed roughly according to the standards the final is still at a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius, and during the process of forming up machinery to measurement accuracy + / 3 - mm, and then adjust the gears with high accuracy when the parts are scaled in its final form. Are also monitoring all phases of work with electronic measurement to ensure the accuracy of manufacture of each part of the time on the unit.

And composed a series of gears gears and teeth gears bronze confrontation with a steel-reinforced specifically and in spite of their large size but the gears are Tashagaha within a string gears varying up to 0.01 mm only, and contribute to the high precision of the clutch to make the moving parts move with minimal friction.

He is both the hour hand and minute hand engines separate within the operating unit weighing more than 21 tons, making it the largest and heaviest unit running for an hour at all, and operates at four operating units, each face a separate unit to receive four units of the reference itself at the same time, which run the latest atomic system in the world.

Crescent is also located on top of the time the largest in the world with a diameter of 23 meters and the length of a thousand characters in the word "Allah Akbar" at the top at more than 23 meters.

Are calling for prayer from the top of hour Mecca by the most powerful sound system of its kind at all, and are lit during prayer 21.000 units, illuminated white, and green is used to enhance visibility throughout the area of Mecca, where it is light 24 rod is moving, and 800 bar constant.

If the building clock tower as a building of an independent was a unique achievement in terms of magnitude and the requirements of achievement, while building the clock tower from the height of 350 meters above the ground on top of the tower No. 5 of the draft King Abdul Aziz Endowment of the Two Holy Mosques, for a total rise time and the building to 601 meters, to be the second tallest building in the world, this rise has 250 professionals and technicians, and with seven tower cranes building the largest clock in the world provides a new reference to the timing in the Muslim world, "the timing of Mecca."

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August 25th, 2011, 12:13 AM

ثاني أعلى مبنى في العالم

وقف الملك عبدالعزيز .. أكبر أوقاف الحرم على الإطلاق

The second highest building in the world
King Abdul Aziz Endowment .. Largest endowments on campus at all

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ثاني أعلى مبنى في العالم « عدسة :محمد حامد

مكة المكرمة - خالد عبدالله :

يعتبر وقف الملك عبدالعزيز، أحد أضخم المشاريع المعمارية في العالم، حيث صنف كأكبر مبنى عمراني من حيث المساحة الإجمالية على وجه المعمورة، فقد بلغت مساحة بناء المشروع 1.5 مليون متر مربع، وهو مكون من 7 أبراج متلاصقة، استوحى المشروع ملامح من العمارة الإسلامية، وبارتفاعات مختلفة يصل ارتفاع البرج الرئيسي فيها إلى 601 متر.

يستوعب المشروع عدداً كبيراً من الزوار وضيوف الرحمن يبلغ 65000 نسمة، كما تبلغ الطاقة الإستيعابية للمسجد داخل المجمع نحو ثلاثة آلاف وثمانمائة مصل، ولتأمين حركة القادمين والمغادرين من النزلاء والضيوف فقد تم تجهيز البرج بمواقف سيارات تتسع لقرابة 1000 سيارة موزعة على أربعة طوابق.

تميز وقف الملك عبدالعزيز للحرمين الشريفين بقربه من المسجد الحرام، وتمتعه بالإطلالة المباشرة على الكعبة المشرفة، واتصاله المباشر بساحات الحرم الخارجية، وتتربع على قمة المجمع أعلى وأكبر ساعة في العالم تحتوي على أكبر شعار للمملكة، ويعلوها أكبر لفظ جلالة مع أكبر هلال إسلامي في العالم.

ويعتبر وقف الملك عبدالعزيز للحرمين الشريفين أكبر مبنى سكني وتجاري في العالم من حيث المساحة المبنية والتي تبلغ 1.5 مليون متر مربع.

كما أنه ثاني أعلى مبنى في العالم بعد برج خليفة ( 828 ) متراً إذ يبلغ ارتفاعه (601) متر وهو بذلك أعلى من برج ويليس في شيكاغو بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية(527) متراً، وبرج تايبي 101 في تايوان(500 ) متر ومركز شانغهاي المالي العالمي (492متراً)، ومركز التجارة الدولي في هونع كونغ ( 484 ) متراً وأبراج بتروناس في ماليزيا ( 451 )متراً.

تطلب تنفيذ المشروع إزالة جبل القلعة الذي كان يحتل هذا الموقع، عبر أعمال صخرية وحفريات كبيرة، كما تطلب المشروع إيجاد مواقف كبيرة للسيارات مرتبطة بالأنفاق الأرضية تحت المبنى، كما تطلب المشروع تأمين خزانات مياه تزيد عن،53000 متر مكعب لضمان توفير المياه، خصوصا في أوقات الذروة، إضافة إلى الاحتياجات الإضافية اللازمة لشبكة مكافحة الحريق التي يجب أن تكون متوفرة على مدار الساعة.

كما تم ربط الأبراج السكنية فيما بينها عبر جسور على ارتفاعات مختلفة للتنقل ما بين الأبراج ولاستعمالها للإخلاء السريع عند الطوارئ.

التصميم المرن للأدوار في الأبراج السكنية سمح بعدة تصاميم لوحدات سكنية صغيرة أو كبيرة حسب الطلب.

كما يتضمن الوقف نظام تكييف مركزي صمم في مبنى منفصل على بعد اكثر من كيلومتر عن المشروع، وذلك لتجنب الضوضاء الناتجة عن تشغيل المبردات.

مباني الوقف مزودة بنظام تحكم ومراقبة لعمل الأجهزة الأساسية بما فيها المضخات والمراوح والمعدات الكهربائية وذلك لمراقبة عملها وتأمين الخيارات البديلة في حال تعطله.

روعي في مباني وقف الملك عبدالعزيز للحرمين الشريفين إبراز النواحي الجمالية، والمحافظة على البيئة والطابع المعماري للمنطقة المحيطة فواجهات مباني الوقف ترسم الطابع المعماري الإسلامي ، بشكل يليق بأهمية المشروع وموقعه قرب المسجد الحرام.

يعد الوقف مدينة متكاملة الخدمات إذ يحتوي على سبعة أبراج سكنية يشمل كل برج منها على فندق، وشقق فاخرة مفروشة، وأجنحة من جميع المستويات، إضافة إلى مجمع تجاري، وأسواق مركزية، ومنطقة مطاعم.

علاوة على ذلك، فقد فرض حجم المجمع الهائل والأعداد الكبيرة من الضيوف والزوار والنزلاء توفير مصاعد وسلالم كهربائية عديدة، حتى يتسنى للجميع الحركة بكل سهولة ويسر والوصول إلى الحرم بسرعة، وذلك عبر 412 مصعداً في الأبراج تتحرك معظمها بسرعة ستة أمتار في الثانية، فضلاً عن ١٤٠ سلماً كهربائياً.

يحتضن المشروع مباني الوقف للحرمين الشريفين، ومركزاً ثقافياً، بالإضافة إلى مركز خادم الحرمين الشريفين لدراسة ومتابعة منازل القمر، ومركز أبحاث علوم الفلك، ومركز رصد فلكي، ومهبطين للطائرات العمودية على اتصال مباشر بكافة الأبراج السكنية.

وعلاوة على ما سبق، يضم الوقف مركزاً طبياً متكاملاً، فضلاً عن تجهيز مقر للمؤتمرات بطاقة استيعابية تبلغ 1500 شخص، ومحطات خاصة للحافلات، بالإضافة إلى توفير أحدث وسائل الأمن والسلامة باستخدام النظام المتكامل للإنذار المبكر ومكافحة الحريق.

وتم تأمين خزانات مياه بسعات كبيرة وزود المشروع بمحطتين لمعالجة مياه الصرف وإعادة استعمالها في دورات المياه.

http://www.alriyadh.com/2011/08/21/article660740.html

Google trans:

Makkah - Khalid Abdullah:

The King Abdul Aziz Endowment, one of the largest architectural projects in the world, classified as the largest building, urban development, where the total area on the planet, the total area of construction of the project 1.5 million square meters, which is composed of 7 towers adjacent, inspired project features of Islamic architecture, and the heights different main tower rising up to 601 meters where.

The project accommodates a large number of visitors and pilgrims of 65,000, as an absorptive capacity of the mosque inside the compound about three thousand eight hundred serum, and to secure the movement of arriving and departing guests and the guests have been processing the tower to the positions of vehicles can accommodate about 1000 cars spread over four floors.

Excellence King Abdul Aziz Endowment of the Two Holy Mosques, proximity to the Grand Mosque, and the enjoyment of Balatalalh direct to the Kaaba, and direct contact yards campus of Foreign Affairs, and sits on top of the complex higher and more hours in the world with the largest theme of the Kingdom, and topped with the biggest word of His Majesty with the largest moon in the Islamic world.

The King Abdul Aziz Endowment of the Two Holy Mosques, the largest residential and commercial building in the world in terms of built-up area, which amount to 1.5 million square meters.

It is also the second highest building in the world after the Burj Dubai (828) meters as a height (601) meters is the highest of Willis Tower in Chicago, USA (527) meters, the tower Taipei 101 in Taiwan (500) meter Shanghai World Financial Center (492 meters), and International Trade Center in Hong Kong (484) meters, the Petronas Towers in Malaysia (451) meters.

Requests the implementation of the project to remove the Citadel that occupied this site, through the work of rock and fossils large, and require the project to find the positions of large vehicles associated with tunnel-ground under the building, also requests that the project provide water tanks than 0.53000 cubic meters to ensure water supply, especially in times of peak, as well as additional requirements for fire-fighting network that should be available around the clock.

Also been linked to residential towers with one another via bridges at different heights to move between the towers and used for rapid evacuation in an emergency.

Flexible design of the roles in the residential towers allowed several designs for residential units, small or large depending on demand.

The suspension system includes a central air conditioning is designed in a separate building at a distance of more than a kilometer from the project, in order to avoid noise from the operation of chillers.

Buildings equipped with suspension control system and monitor the work of the underlying hardware, including pumps, fans and electrical equipment and to monitor its work and provide alternative options in case of failure thereof.

Taken into account in the premises of King Abdul Aziz Endowment of the Two Holy Mosques, to highlight the aesthetics, and preservation of the environment and the architectural character of the area surrounding the buildings Vusbandat cessation of actual character of Islamic architecture, is worthy of the importance of the project and its location near the Grand Mosque.

The cessation services as an integrated city with seven residential towers, each tower which includes a hotel, furnished luxury apartments, and suites from all levels, in addition to a shopping mall, and supermarkets, and the restaurants.

Moreover, the imposition of the size of the complex massive and large numbers of guests, visitors and inmates to provide elevators and escalators are many, so that all traffic with ease and access to campus quickly, through 412 elevators in the towers moving most quickly six meters per second, and 140 electric escalators.

The project embraces the premises stop of the Two Holy Mosques, and a cultural center, in addition to the center of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, to study and follow-up phases of the moon, and Astronomy Research Center, the Center for astronomical observation, and Mahbtin helicopter in direct contact with all the residential towers.

In addition to the above, the suspension includes an integrated medical center, as well as the headquarters for the processing of the conference with a capacity of 1500 people, and a private bus stations, in addition to providing the latest techniques of safety and security using the integrated system for early warning and fire control.

Was secured large water tanks with capacities of stops early and provided the project for wastewater treatment and reuse in the toilets.