• Stunning man-made supertrees tower up to 50 metres into the sky and put on amazing illuminations

By
Daily Mail Reporter


PUBLISHED:

15:02 EST, 8 December 2012


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UPDATED:

15:03 EST, 8 December 2012

Rising high above the urban jungle of Singapore, these man-made supertrees create a mesmeric light display against the dark night sky.

The towering structures, stretching 50 metres into the sky, are fitted with solar panels, hanging gardens and rainwater catches and display plants from across the globe.

They form the stunning centre piece of a massive £350million
development in the city’s Marina Bay area called Gardens By The Bay Park.

Mesmeric: The Supertree Grove is illuminated during a free nightly light and sound display which sees the massive man-made structures lit up with spotlights and neon lights

Mesmeric: The Supertree Grove is illuminated during a free nightly light and sound display which sees the massive man-made structures lit up with spotlights and neon lights

Stunning: The amazing Gardens By The Bay park features 12 towering giant Supertrees from 25 to 50 metres tall and has become a huge tourist attraction

Stunning: The amazing Gardens By The Bay park features 12 towering giant Supertrees from 25 to 50 metres tall and has become a huge tourist attraction

It,
along with the dozens of lavish hotels, towering skyscrapers and
rooftop infinity pools, has come to symbolise Singapore’s ascent as one
of the world’s economic powerhouses.

And visitors to the park are treated to dazzling daily light display and music shows.

A vast green space, spread across 250 acres, was created in the area designed to become the ‘botanical capital of the world’.

The park houses a cluster of green conservatories and will also become home to the Singapore Garden Festival.

Visitors can take in a panoramic view of the gardens via an aerial walkway, dubbed the OCBC Skyway.

The walkway, which links the
artificial tree, which have giant
steel and concrete trunks and thousands of thick wire rods for branches,
is suspended 22 metres above the ground – about seven storeys high.

City leaders want to create a continuous ring of greenery, with three gardens wrapping around the Marina Bay area.

Harnessing nature: The towering trees are used to display plants from across the globe in huge hanging gardens and are fitted with solar panels and rainwater catches

Harnessing nature: The towering trees are used to display plants from across the globe in huge hanging gardens and are fitted with solar panels and rainwater catches

Breathtaking: Visitors watch as the Supertrees Grove dazzle with lights display and music at the Garden by the Bay in Singapore during the nightly visual displays

Breathtaking: Visitors watch as the Supertrees Grove dazzle with lights display and music at the Garden by the Bay in Singapore during the nightly visual displays

View from the top: Tourists walk along the skywalk across the Supertrees Grove between one of the 12 towering giant Supertrees which rise upto 50 metres tall

View from the top: Tourists walk along the skywalk across the Supertrees Grove between one of the 12 towering giant Supertrees which rise upto 50 metres tall