After the heady heights of last week's aerial photos blog, this is the latest weekly update from me on the changing views across the Park. Read on for the latest views from the Aquatics Centre site and the Olympic Stadium bowl, which will contain the lower permanent tiers of seating and track. 

1) In this panoramic you can see both the Stadium and Aquatics Centre sites and to the far right of the image you can also see Stratford International Station. During the Games a walkway and bridge will link the station to the Stadium:



2) After months of digging out and treating the contaminated soil, this is the latest overview of the Aquatics Centre site. On the left of the image, the widening of the Waterworks River walls is in progress:

3) Along the Waterworks River, 650 metres of new river wall piling has been completed and now the old concrete walls are being demolished:



4) A view down the Waterworks River with both old and new riverbanks in place. The picture shows just how much wider the river will be once this work is complete - about eight metres:



5) The widened Waterworks River will be a stunning feature and natural habitat for wildlife. Its location, adjacent to the Aquatics Centre, puts it right in the heart of the Park:



6) In this image, looking across the Waterworks River, the immense Stadium bowl dominates the landscape:



7) This is the Stadium site looking straight into the bowl. This will house the lower seating which has been designed to bring spectators close to the action. I can't believe it will never be seen quite as empty as this again!:



8) Members of the construction team play 'guess the height' of the test piling rig (this allows them to find out what the ground conditions are like before construction begins). With the site dug and levelled the construction of the Stadium is now due to start three months early at the end of May: