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The gardens of The Natural History Museum are currently playing host
to a free photographic exhibition, entitled Earth from the Air - A Photographic
Portrait of Our Planet, by celebrated French aerial photographer Yann
Arthus-Bertrand.
In this special feature, Indielondon's Jack Foley picks out
two of his favourite images (and the text which accompanies them) to give
readers a greater insight into the delights on show and, hopefully, persuade
them to visit...
Brazil.
The Corcovado towering over Rio de Janeiro.
Perched on a 704-meter- (2,310-foot-) high rocky peak known as the Corcovado
("the Hunchback"), the statue of Christ the Redeemer dominates the
Baia de Guanabara and its famous "Sugar loaf," as well as the whole
of the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. The city's name (River of January)
was the result of a mistake by the first Portuguese sailors who cast anchor
there in January 1502; they thought they had found the mouth of a river. The
capital of Brazil from 1763 to 1960, Rio de Janeiro is now a megalopolis that
extends out over 50 kilometers and has a population of over 10 million. The
statue of Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado is a reminde