Corcovado in the clouds

November is the start of the monsoon season in south-east Brazil, so any visit to Corcovado at this time of year is touch-and-go. It may be perfectly clear when you start heading up the mountain, but clouds can materialise within a matter of minutes. All very atmospheric.

Café in the clouds

Christ appears



Feint silhoutte of the Sugar Loaf and Botafogo bay



Cagarras islands off the Ipanema coast

Lagoa and Ipanema

Guanabara bay and Niterói