As eager spectators take in the much anticipated London 2012 opening ceremony, the Olympic Stadium is filled with montages of everyday life in the British Isles: performers playing cricket, smokestacks rearing out of the ground and sheep lazily grazing in the grass. Here, TIME presents the best moments from London's Olympic coming-out party.
Fireworks explode over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games July 27, 2012.
As eager spectators take in the much anticipated London 2012 opening ceremony, the Olympic Stadium is filled with montages of everyday life in the British Isles: performers playing cricket, smokestacks rearing out of the ground and sheep lazily grazing in the grass. Here, TIME presents the best moments from London’s Olympic coming-out party.
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