The magnificent view from Christ the Redeemer

03/12/2008 | Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The city below, a chaos of high rise apartment buildings, was the capital of Brazil until 1960, when the capital was moved to the planned city of Brasilia in the interior.

(Photo by Thushan Amarasiriwardena, caption by Brian Rogers / LongJaunt.com)

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