When you travel to Qatar for the first time, one of the beautiful things you might have never seen anywhere else in the world are blue-coated asphalt roads in Doha.

The streets of Abdullah Bin Jassim near the iconic Souq Waqif in Doha have been painted blue as part of a pilot project to combat the effects of extreme heat in the city.

These blue-coated asphalt roads serve a fascinating purpose: They reflect heat instead of absorbing it.

Watch the beauty of these blue-coated roads.👇
https://youtube.com/shorts/96nkfObykzY?si=VCLmalbw7cw4LpfP

Interesting.

Ok!! Alright

White would have had a better cooling effect than the blue coating from simple physics.

Good for aesthetics all the same.

matify83:
White would have had a better cooling effect than the blue coating from simple physics.

Good for aesthetics all the same.

I think the suns reflection on a white paved road may cause a strain on the eyes of drivers plying the road thus the blue color chosen, which may absorb part of the sunrays.

That's beautiful.
It's innovative.

Very suspicious. Do they know something we don't? 🤔