If you've ever clicked through pictures of Shanghai on the internet, you are sure to have seen this thing. I don't know what it's supposed to be, but it's interesting. Another thing I didn't know is that you can get right up close to it. So, I did.

You can see that it's in a pretty busy part of PuDong. There are two parts of Shanghai: PuDong is the newer part, Puxie is the older part. The names just refer to either side of the river. I live in Puxie.

I was really happy to be able to get some close-ups. Until this, I'd only seen it from a distance. There's a selfie towards the end.