The landscape of the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the Hunan Province of China is direct out of a sci - fi motion picture . The sandstone pillars that hulk over the forest are said to have inspired the blow Hallelujah Mountains in James Cameron’sAvatar(2009 ) . You ca n’t depend on a mountain banshie around the country , but there is another dramatic way to soak in the mickle . The park is home to a 1070 - foot elevator , the tallest outdoor elevator in the world . According toAtlas Obscura , the Bailong Elevator ( or the Hundred Dragons Elevator ) has been render rides to the populace since 2002 . The lift in reality consist of three double - decker elevators , each of which can maintain around 50 the great unwashed . As the cars make their ascension , riders are treated to a one - of - a - kind view of the ballpark through the glass panels . It takes the chemical mechanism just one minute and 32 endorsement to complete the trip . The bottom half of theBailong Elevatoris embedded in a crystal sandstone cliff brass , and the upper 565 human foot runs through an break steel shaft . In addition to being the tallest outdoor lift on Earth , it also apply world records for being the tallest treble - decker sightseeing elevator and the fastest rider elevator with the magnanimous weight content . It may be the grandiloquent structure of its variety , but there are longer lifts without the panoramic views . At AngloGold Ashanti’sMponeng Gold Mine in South Africa , the elevator drops 7490 foot into the Earth , which is more than twice the meridian of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai . Many conservationists have criticized the construction of such a massive structure in a protected home park . There are some welfare to having the elevator around , however ; visitors can now see the forest in one sidereal day , which reduces the need for infrastructure on the website to accommodate overnight guests . If you ca n’t make it to the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park ( or you ca n’t stomach the dizzying drive ) , you could see the Bailong Elevator in action in the picture below .
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