Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance. (24 photos total)

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Great pics Ray. Thanks very much for the link.

Incredible photos, absolutely astounding! Thank you.

Thanks!

I watch alittle bit of this...anyone know were I can see it in a stream? Youtube or whatever

Thanks!!

so how many Child-hours went into this production?

How many folks jailed for speaking their minds? How many copyrighted works were blatantly copied without permission?

Screw China.