More great pictures from RIO

As we follow up on yesterday's blog from Barbara Seeley:

Amazing.

Also, sticking with the Olympic theme, great news from London per the Environmental Report:

London Olympics Slash CO2 Footprint by 21%

The organizers of the 2012 London Olympic Games have cut the event’s projected carbon footprint by over a fifth, through the use of rented seats, tents and crowd barriers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

The event’s carbon footprint is now projected to be the equivalent of 315,000 metric tons of CO2, down 21 percent from the 400,000 metric tons estimated in March, according to a report released by the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, seen by Businessweek.

Most of the savings come from renting rather than buying seats, crowd barriers and tents, but LOCOG also cut 15,000 metric….

Good economics, and the Games certainly generate fantastic revenue in-country and across media, mixes well, it appears, with good environmental management.