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Isn't it the most beautiful city in the world? +++ Flying over Rio, part 2 +++
 
Corcovado, with Sumaré Hill (and its antennas) in the background
 
Leblon, the most fashionable neighborhood in Rio
 
Reserva & Marapendi Lake (foreground) with Barra and Gávea Rock in the background
 
One of the many islands at the coast
 
Rodrigo de Freitas Lake (on the left) and Leblon & part of Jockey Club (on the right)
 
Nossa Senhora da Paz Square (Ipanema)
 
Barra & Gávea Rock (foreground), with São Conrado beach and Dois Irmãos Hills (background)
 
Pontal & Recreio dos Bandeiantes
 
Guaratiba
 
Flying over Leblon
 
Pontal
 
Vidigal & Sheraton Hotel (left), Dois Irmãos Hills (Two Brothers Hills) in the middle, Leblon on the right
 
Ipanema, where that famous girl walked to the sea, looking straight ahead, not at me...
 
Botafogo Bay (sorry for the fog...)
 
Barra (where I live), with Pedra Bonita (Beautiful Rock) and Pedra da Gávea (Gávea Rock) in the background
 
Flying over Ipanema (Dois Irmãos Hills in the background)
 
Alfredo, "the" pilot...

thank you, Rita

(again & again)

 

thank you, Alfredo,

for your kindness & hability

 

thank you,

Saint Peter,

for such sunny & beautiful day

 
... and his ultralight
 
"Only those who fly know the real size of God" (Armando Nogueira, writer & aviator)
COMMENTS
.... said at 6:20 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Uau!Que dia ,hein?
São verdadeiros cartões postais excelentes.
O Rio é bonito mesmo e mostrado assim ,fica ainda mais.
Pena que conheço pouco,porque não mais me recordava dessa beleza.
Artista é assim,vai e faz bem feito.
Parabéns menino!
Rita cadê você,menina?
Charlespop said at 6:20 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Rio is one cool place ! Thanks for the tour !
21-gramm said at 6:35 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
you are like a bird, Edu!
beautiful POV!
NeusinhaGedoz said at 6:59 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Hoje o Eduardo esteve, literalmente, no céu!!! Lindas fotos.
Demberg said at 7:11 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
a nossa cidade é MARAVILHOSAAAAAAAA !!!!
Parabens pelas fotos Edu !!!!
Rita.Mandarino said at 7:15 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Edu: Fiquei sem palavras...I have no words. Absolutely fantasic, beaoutiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vou lembrar desse su enorme favor pra sempre. Suas fotos foram um gol de placa pra mim. Obrigada do fundo do meu coração my very dear friend, i love you forever.
Cida: Hoje eu não pude ir com o Edu (snif) mas ele disse que faria um tabblo só com as fotos de hoje que não dão todas num tabblo só claro, o Cristo por exemplo, deve ser material pra muitos tabblos...
Moabjeeper said at 7:30 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Beautiful aerial shots. I'm envious.
Liliana said at 7:50 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
¿Te quedaba alguna duda...? Gracias por la visita guiada, aunque no sé cuándo distinguiré bien a los Dois Irmaos...¡¡Excelente, también, "el" piloto!! Decime dónde está Guaratiba, es algo original. ¡Genial el Cristo, como preparado para nosotos!
EMA said at 7:53 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Great images! You made a fabulous aerial report of your beautiful town! Regards! :)
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:19 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
CIDA: Quando você vier, em julho, podemos dar um passeio desses, mas de helicóptero. Topa?

CHARLES: Hope you will be soon photographing Rio, too.

DEN: Well, chickens are birds too, aren't they? :-)

NEUSINHA: Quando era garoto, eu queria ser astronauta. Cada vez que eu voo (seja na ponte aérea, num 777 ou num ultraleve), é como se voltasse, por um momento, à infância.

MÁRCIO: Se já é maravilhosa daqui de baixo, não sei que adjetivo usar para a cidade vista lá de cima.

RITA: Eu é que te agradeço por ter me colocado nas nuves (ou, pelo menos, mais perto delas).

ROBERT & EDIT: Rio is a magnificent sit. Sometimes I envy myself, too... :-)

LILIANA: O Dois Irmãos é os mais fáceis e identificar - dois picos gêmeos, no final do Leblon. E fica mais lindo ainda se vc pensar nos verso que o Chico Buarque lhe dedicou ("aprendi a respeitar tua prumada / e desconfiar do teu silêncio / ... / É assim como se a rocha dilatada /
fosse uma concentração de tempos / é assim como se o ritmo do nada / fosse, sim, todos os ritmos por dentro / ou, então, como um música parada / sobre um montanha em movimento").
Hollyridger said at 8:37 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Wow, what fabulous photos! I havenever been to Rio but perhaps one of these days.....
Neysa said at 8:47 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Really beautiful! And I was born there, baby!
Liliana said at 9:11 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Me vas a matar pero no me parecen tan gemelos... Chico, ¡siempre grande! Inteligente la frase final, agregada ahora a los pies del Cristo.
RosaneMar said at 9:45 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Eduardo...conheci o Rio 5 anos atrás...mas minha paixão foi pela Ilha Grande...que maravilha de lugar. Parabéns pelo visual totalmente inusitado.
Debdog said at 10:04 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
what a beautiful place!!! ans how fortunate you were to go up on such a perfect day! your captures are perfect
;) Pontal, and Guaratiba are very beautiful, and the later not spoiled!!! i can imagine taking a kayak through there :)
Mjpileggi said at 10:50 p.m. on Jun 19, 2009:
Someday I will be there!!
Fabio_DL said at 1:23 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
Eduardo, I would choose it a favorite ten times, if I could. The photo over Guaratiba gave me goose bumps! Thanks so much to you, Alfredo, Rita, and St. Peter!
Wildthing said at 3:55 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
Some beautiful pics of Rio, Eduardo. Not easy from a small plane, but you managed magnificently.
Chilla said at 4:33 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
A wonderful way to see Rio! Great aerial shots Eduardo!
Chaitiamma said at 4:58 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
A great aerial tour of Rio !!! Thanks for sharing !
Hhwind said at 5:57 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
Fantastic shots more please
21-gramm said at 8:03 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
Hi, Edu, chicken didn`t fly over Rio and doesn`t use Canon camera.
For Russian, Chekhov's The Seagull is a Bird or a Bluebird of happiness!
курица не птица, Болгария не заграница!
LOL!
Robya said at 10:25 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
Beautiful, Eduardo~~*~~Robbi
Shenresi said at 10:39 a.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
wow, so beautiful shots from that great perspective. From me also thx to Rita for that great tour!!! I specially like the two" two brothers- shots"
Tishfish said at 1:10 p.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
Beautiful, just beautiful ! ! !
Lreeg said at 1:51 p.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
That´s a dream! I´ll come to the football champ 2014, hope to do such a journey.
Debdog said at 2:13 p.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
flying high, you feel like you can touch the face of God :)
Debdog said at 2:15 p.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
High Flight
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Mrsfabulous said at 8:32 p.m. on Jun 20, 2009:
The photos are amazing and one other thing that amazes me is how you managed to shoot all these from such a small plane... I love flying, but I just know I would be deathly scared doing so in an ultralight -- my hands would probably be too numb to click on the camera!
Andre. said at 4:29 a.m. on Jun 21, 2009:
Great
Mirella said at 3:20 p.m. on Jun 21, 2009:
Rio is really blessed by God ! Your photos are fantastic !!!!!! But,I'm so scared of flying that I couldnt' accept to fly like you did for a million dollars.................
Ira said at 5:06 p.m. on Jun 21, 2009:
Very beautiful city! Fine! Especially from height of flight of birds!
Ebucar said at 8:28 p.m. on Jun 21, 2009:
Que estória é essa de "colocar nas nuvens"? Ah, tá , o Alfredo. Botei fé no piloto. Lindo dia. Valeu São Pedro. Belíssimas fotos. Quanto tempo durou o vôo?
DocEna said at 6:25 a.m. on Jun 22, 2009:
Edu: Passei este fds no Rio , minha caçula foi fazer vestiba pra medicina. Ficamos no Othon Palace em Copacabana Beach. O Rio de Janeiro continua lindo. Pena que não pude fazer muitas fotos, pela manha um pouco de neblina. Mas alguma coisinha vou postar. O voo que vc fotografou esta muito bom, tive um pouco de receio de pegar um helicoptero..enfim vou ter que voltar pra segunda fase do vestibular e se vc me passar seu telefone e estiveres no Rio, poderemos tomar um café. Abraços.
Candlepower said at 12:57 p.m. on Jun 22, 2009:
Really a Very Beautiful city! Wonderful Perspective from the air!
Lifequest22 said at 3:27 p.m. on Jun 22, 2009:
Now this is a super POV, Edu. It's amazing how different the views from high above are so radically different than when we shoot from the ground level. Lucky you getting to fly over your beautiful homeland.
Karsten said at 12:00 a.m. on Jun 24, 2009:
amazing shots Eduardo!!! What a great chance to fly and take fotos! I especially like the Guaratiba-shot! And always thought that ipanema is more sofisticating...hahahaha..thanks for this interesting tour!!!
Jigs said at 3:24 a.m. on Jun 24, 2009:
It was that Ipanema girl's loss not to look at you, Eduardo ;-)

Fantastic photos! And someday I hope to see these gorgeous sights -- off the ground and on -- someday.
Swedfinn said at 6:41 p.m. on Jun 24, 2009:
Rio Is beautifull in any angles!
Lageho said at 2:22 a.m. on Jun 25, 2009:
Rio is one of the most beautiful cities in the world
Pkeener said at 4:30 p.m. on Jun 26, 2009:
always always always. i love your Rio tributs
Jillcdunn said at 1:36 p.m. on Jun 27, 2009:
Your photographs are stunning as always. There is something about your tabblos that moves me. I feel almost as if I have visited Rio thanks to your aerial tour but at the same time the pictures filled me with longing to see this beautiful city in person. Thank you for sharing. (incidentally I love Joao Gilberto's song. I've recently found I have a particular fondness for Bossa Nova).
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