Aerial Views of Olympic Park [PHOTOS]

There are only 140 days to go before the inauguration ceremony for the 2012 London Olympic Games gets underway. With that in mind, the organizers have unveiled images of the venue.

Starting July 27, the event officially known as the XXX Olympiad or the London 2012 Olympic Games will afford the city with a unique distinction - London will become the first city to host the Games, in its modern avatar, thrice.

The Games are set to use a mixture of new venues and existing and historic facilities, in addition to temporary ones. These include such well-known locations as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. Some of the newer facilities will be reused, once the grand event is over, in their original form, while some others will be resized or relocated.

The event's organisers - London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) - have confirmed that with 26 Olympic Sports and 20 Paralympic events, this is the equivalent of staging 46 World Championships, simultaneously.

So gargantuan a task will require the help of a workforce of 200,000 people; 6,000 of these will be paid staff, 70,000 will be volunteers and approximately 100,000 will go to contracted individuals, apart from others.

The venues have been segregated into three sections - the Olympic Zone, the River Zone and the Central Zone. Apart from this, there are additional venues outside of Greater London, such as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, which will host the sailing events.

Check out a slideshow of aerial images of the 2012 London Olympic Games...

Pumping Station and new sewer network at night.The new Olympic Park Pumping Station, which together with a sewer network will collect and remove waste water from the main venues and buildings in the Olympic Park during the Games. The Olympic Stadium is visible in the background.

Aerial view of the newly completed Broxbourne White Water Canoe Course and Centre.

Aerial view of a tennis court at Eton Manor. The sporting facilities at Eton Manor will be the venue for Wheelchair Tennis during the London 2012 Games.

Aerial view of the Olympic Stadium and warm-up track.

The Olympic and Paralympic Village (foreground) will be home to more than 17,000 athletes and officials during the Olympic Games.

Aerial view of the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park. Construction of the venue is complete.

Aerial view of the Olympic Stadium.

Olympic Park with Canary Wharf in the distance.The Olympic and Paralympic Village (foreground) will be home to more than 17,000 athletes and officials during the Olympic Games.

Aerial view of the Velodrome and the BMX Track on the Olympic Park. Construction of the Velodrome is complete and the BMX track is being developed.