Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony Pics. : Must See

Fireworks at the National Stadium near the end of the closing 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. A drummer hangs from a giant ' heavenly drum '  elevated above the stadium and performs upside down.

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