BRAZIL
in 2009

Rio de Janeiro

 

Views from the Air

 

 

 

  



The 39 metre tall statue of Christ overlooking Rio is atop the 700 metre Corcovado mountain.
It was completed in 1931


Copacabana in the foreground
 

Copacabana in the foreground
 

Ipanema in the foreground, Copacabana in the background
 

Ipanema in the foreground, with Rodrigo Lagoon middle left
 

The Lagoon in the foreground
 

Botafogo in the foreground, Corcovado mountain with the Christ statue in the background
 

 

Causeway to the airport in the background
 

Maracana football stadium


One of the shanty town (favela) areas in Rio


Cemetery
 


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