Here's a tourist attraction you may want to avoid if you're afraid of heights. China already has several glass suspension bridges and a glass walkway along a cliff. Now there's a new transparent terror: a circular glass viewing platform jutting out from the edge of a mountain, over a 400m (1,300ft) deep valley.

Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
An aerial view of the new tourist attraction AFP

This glass sightseeing platform juts out 32.8m (108ft) out from a cliff – this is 11.4m longer than the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the US. It may look terrifying, but the platform's designer reassures visitors it is completely safe, being made of titanium, steel and bulletproof glass.

Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
People take selfies on the glass viewing platform AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
People pose for photos on the glass platform AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
Looking straight down on to the circular platform AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
Visitors lie down on the reinforced glass platform AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
Visitors try out the latest tourist attraction AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
The new viewing platform is silhouetted against the sun AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
The sun sets behind the glass viewing platform AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
The viewing platform hangs over the edge of a mountain AFP
Glass viewing platform Shilingxia China
The circular glass viewing platform juts out 32.8m from the cliff AFP

Looking like a glass model of the Starship Enterprise, the futuristic design contrasts with the ancient rock formations of the Shilinxia Scenic Area, also known as the Pinggu Stone Forest Gorge, located 43 miles from Beijing.

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