ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Beijing goes out with a bang. See you in 2012.
The Olympic flame is finally extinguished.
Ribbons flow skyward from the "memory tower."
The "memory tower," clung to by 396 performers.
Beckham does what he does best, accompanied by a string quartet dressed in skimpy running togs.
Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page.
A Dr. Seuss-like contraption symbolizing, what — rhythm? sportsmanship? Whoville? enters the stadium.
Performers suspended in midair, perhaps representing an enraptured box lacrosse team, at the closing ceremony.
Two "heavenly drums" float above the stadium floor as
some kind of human bongo cart rolls beneath.
Actual fireworks over the Bird's Nest, not a digital representation.
The Canadians and their zany pants
Fireworks during the closing ceremony.
At the closing ceremony in Beijing.
Fireworks over Tiananmen Square to mark the closing of the Olympics.
elevated above the stadium and performs upside down.
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Wonderful pics of the closing ceremony. It was another dazzling display by the Chinese.
The Olympic flame may have been extinguished and the athletes have gone home, but in roughly a week’s time, another world-class competition will come alive in the same venues. Another group of world-class athletes are waiting in the wings, eagerly anticipating for their turn at the world stage of Beijing for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
2008 Beijing Summer Paralympic schedule
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