By Felipe Dana / AP
Enjoy these wonderful images taken from the parades during Carnival celebrations Feb. 21, 2012, at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Sunday and Monday night parades, which feature 12 of the best samba schools and run well past midnight, are the highlight of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival.
Dancers of Grande Rio samba school parade, nearly 100,000 paying spectators turn out for the all-night spectacle at the Sambadrome.
Dancers of Grande Rio samba school parade on an elaborate float during Carnival celebrations. Over 850,000 tourists were expected to descend upon Rio during Carnival.
Dancers of Salgueiro samba school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations.
Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations.
Revelers from the Academicos do Grande Rio samba school perform during the second night of Carnival, featuring near-naked dancing queens, spectacularly imaginative floats and thousands of extras, are broadcast across the globe.
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during Carnival celebrations.
A dancer from Salgueiro samba school performs during the second night of Carnival.
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during Carnival celebrations.
A dancer from Mangueira samba school performance during the second night of Carnival at the Sambadrome.
A dancer performs during Vila Isabel samba school parade at the Sambadrome during carnival celebrations.
Dancers of Sao Clemente samba school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations.
Dancers of Uniao da Ilha samba school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations.
Revelers from the Sao Clemente samba school take part in a parade on the second night of the annual Carnival parade.
A dancer of Porto da Pedra samba school parades on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.
Revelers from the Vila Isabel samba school parade on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome.
A reveler from the Beija-Flor samba school parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome.
Revelers from the Vila Isabel samba school perform at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.
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