Heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro caused an ecological nightmare at the lagoon where Olympic rowing will take place in 2016, when 65 tons of dead fish were discovered earlier this week.
Dead fish float on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
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Municipal workers collect tons of dead fish floating on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
- [CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images]
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Municipal workers pick up tons of dead fish floating on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
- [CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images]
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Municipal workers pick up tons of dead fish floating on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
- [CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images]
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Tons of dead fish float on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
- [CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images]
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Municipal workers pick up tons of dead fish floating on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
- [CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images]
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Tons of dead fish float on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
- [CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images]
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Tons of dead fish float on the waters of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, beside the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 13, 2013.
- [CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images]
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