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Olympics 2012 – Closing Ceremony Fireworks

The London 2012 Olympics are officially over. But people are still buzzing about Sunday’s closing ceremony.  Some 80,000 lucky ticket-holders with seats inside the Olympic Stadium witnessed thousands of rockets explode on a night of celebration. But hundreds of thousands more people in London also got to experience some of the festivities as the fireworks lit up the night sky to be seen for miles around. Here are London Olympics closing ceremony fireworks pictures…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 12: Fireworks explode over the stadium during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, pyrotechnics light up the sky above the Olympic Stadium during the Closing Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

 

LONDON, ENGLAND AUGUST 12, 2012-Fireworks shower the sky above Olympic Stadium during closing ceremonies at the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

 

At the end of the Ceremony, the Olympic Games were handed over to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games, and the Olympic Flame was extinguished, signalling the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

London Olympics 2012 – Closing Ceremony Pictures

London Olympics 2012 Closing Ceremony— With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor pageant of landmarks, lightshows and lots of fun. Here are pictures of closing ceremony, hope you all enjoy….

 

 

 

 

It all made for a psychedelic mashup that had 80,000 fans at Olympic Stadium stomping, cheering and singing along. Organizers estimated 300 million or more were watching around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The closing ceremony offered a sensory blast including rock ‘n’ roll rickshaws, dustbin percussionists, an exploding yellow car and a marching band in red tunics and bearskin hats.