Copacabana beach on a smogy day
Copacabana beach on a smoggy day. It is a local holiday, so the Av. Atlantica is closed to vehicles and turned into a giant pedestrian walkway. Rio's famed New Year's celebration takes place on this beach, with as many as two million people packing the area. 8th International Conference in Nursing Informatics, Rio de Janeiro, June 2003 20030619 1/160 sec at f / 14 Canon PowerShot S300 © Kathleen G. Charters