In this video, we learn the history and background of Columbia, the fact that the city had vanished, and the fact that a building fell out of the sky, which implies that the city has decayed.
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Recently, I was fortunate enough to have spent a few hours playing BioShock: Infinite (B:I), the upcoming Irrational Games FPS. I only played for three hours out of what is likely dozens, and I barely scratched the surface of Columbia, the city in the sky.
If you're in the middle of a city, with tall buildings blocking your view of the sky, that can be a problem.
In these photos, you can see the city lights of Minneapolis and Chicago glittering against the night sky.
The game portrays their journey together from a futuristic city in the sky into the post-Victorian world of 1912.
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What follows is an epic battle in the middle of a human city, with giant Reapers descending from the sky, knocking over buildings, and beginning their attempt to exterminate humanity.
The organization is a forum for astronomy enthusiasts in the city, but the members also aim to foster appreciation of the night sky among members of the public.
Shunned by the City, Sky was also looked down on by the rest of the television business.
Yet even if Broad can finish the building on budget, the economics of Sky City are dubious.
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The moon waxed over the Crescent City like a sliver over the Mississippi River, a cradle in the sky over the cradle of jazz.
"We are living in the lap of luxury here, " he said, gesturing to the blue sky and the magnificent city skyline.
They are many images of women 30 feet in sky above the city on giant placards, directing the populace to buy things.
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In scenes where we stare out at what I presume to be the back side of Anor Londo (a portion of the city we see but never visit in Dark Souls) the sky is the same color as the perpetual sunset over Anor Londo in the first game.
As thick plumes of smoke billowed into the sky across the Potomac, the city was transformed in minutes.
Yet as we pedalled toward Albany, some 56 miles from Rhinebeck, the sky looked increasingly grim, finally bursting near the city of Troy.
At the moment the central government has yet to give its blessing to Sky City, and many think the building will never get out of the ground.
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Literally, behind us in Central Park fireworks set the sky ablaze to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the five boroughs constituting New York City.
There were few cars on the road, and the sky was cloudy, an ominous sight in a city that gets only seven inches of rain per year.
While air pollution has remained a nagging problem since then, Beijingers have learned to live with the situation, and there have been enough blue sky days in the capital city to keep the Air Quality Index (AQI) out of the news until last week that is.
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