芝加哥的凌空玻璃房

這座凌空的玻璃房位於芝加哥一座摩天大樓的103層，距離地面412米，整體用厚達1.5英寸的透明玻璃製成，可承受5噸的重量。玻璃房高10英尺，寬10英尺。點選閱讀全文可見更多圖片。

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美國芝加哥西爾斯大廈（Sears Tower）在第103層瞭望臺增設的玻璃陽臺對媒體開放，這些玻璃陽臺建在大廈西側，從瞭望臺向外延伸約1.2米。陽臺的玻璃地板厚達12.7釐米，可承重約5噸。膽大的遊客可以站在上面，從412米高空俯視芝加哥。由於玻璃是透明的，遊客會感到自己懸在空中，產生一不小心就會掉下去的感覺。所以膽小的人恐怕還沒站到這個恐怖陽臺上就已經腿軟了。

nspiration came from the hundreds of forehead prints visitors left behind on Skydeck windows every week. Now, staff will have a new glass surface to clean: floors.

Architect Ross Wimer said: 'We did studies that showed a four-foot-deep (1.2 metres) enclosure makes you feel like you're floating since there's only room for one row of people, not two.'

The Skydeck attracts 25,000 visitors on clear days. They each pay $15 to take an elevator ride up to the 103rd floor of the 110-story office building that opened in 1973.

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