Towering in front of tall skyscrapers, these enormous tree appear to be thriving in the middle of the city.
But the vast woodland in Singapore is actually entirely manmade, stretching up to 50 metres into the sky.
The imposing trees have colossal concrete trunks weighing hundreds of tonnes. While thousands of thick wire rods have been used to create artificial branches and canopies.
Domineering: The island's vast skyscrapers can be seen behind the trees while to the left, a smaller real real tree struggles to reach the same immense heights
Reaching for the sky: The supertrees are made from a thick concrete trunk while metal rods have been sculptured together to form the bark and the canopies
The incredible installation, which is still being built, was created as a national landmark as the island looks to create a vast green space in its Marina South district that will become the 'botanical capital of the world'.
But the towering supertrees will be hard to miss for the thousands of people expected to descend on the recreation area.
Each Supertree will have added to it a canopy weighing around 20 to 85 tonnes. This will be hoisted into place over three to four hours by a hydraulic-jack system.
Steel frames are then added onto the sides to represent the dark bark of natural woodland.
Environmental experts have even been drafted in to add solar panels to seven of the trees. The energy will then be used to light the areas below.
How much water do these need? Workers in hardhats look at the plans for the enormous suprtrees in Singapore's Marina South area that is hoped to become the botanical capital of the world
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