Pop in 2009

Here's a mashup of most of the major hits of 2009. A little Black Eyed Peas heavy, but what can you do!

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They did it!

They just had the opening ceremonies for the Burj Dubai, now called the Burj Khalifa. They had fireworks like crazy. Watch this video from Reuters of the ceremonies (remember that this building is 2 times the size of the empire state building. Like nearly 160 floors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al5iNnOo5MA

Harbin Ice Festival

Every winter, the city of Harbin in Northern China hosts an ice festival, where over 10,000 people gather to carve and stack ice into an enormous lit city. Amazing!

Underwater eruption!

For the first time ever, scientists were able to film a volcano erupting underwater. Because of the extreme pressure (at 4,000 feet below sea level!) they could get quite close to it. Crazy!

Video of it here:

and article about it here: CNN