You can actually see the beam incoming if you turn 90 degrees right or left from the starting point and looking as far up as possible. It's one of those lattice-style ones (four pipes in a cylindrical formation with diagonal pipes holding them all together)
As someone who witnessed the events of 9/11 in NY from across the river in Hoboken, NJ this was fairly terrifying too. I was not expecting to have that association when I clicked the link!
While from a technical standpoint I find these 360° videos really interesting but from fromt the standpoint of a person just watching, I find them frustrating. I feel, that no matter what way I'm facing, I'll miss out on something happening in another direction and that I'd have to watch the video many times in order to get the full experience. Does anyone else feel that way?
In the real world you have stereo hearing and the ability to dart your eyes. This video has a similar feeling to a bad dream where Bad Stuff is happening but you can't move quickly enough.
