Fired Up Photobook: Thursday Night DNCC Conclusion, Obama Nomination

Scenes from the afternoon and evening at Invesco Field, as Democrats prepared to nominate Barack Obama and Obama accepted that nomination.

­Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Presidential nomination.

One of two lines entering Invesco field, each more than a mile long, stretches out by 2pm, some six hours before Obama is scheduled to accept the nomination.

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An attention hungry man wearing a cape that reads "Grope Pope" wanders the lot while people wait in line.

Senator Jolie Justus of Kansas City has enjoys a spot in the Missouri delegation's prime floor seating location.

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Spectators look on as the afternoon speakers address the crowd.

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Jesse Jackson ­does an interview on the convention floor located on Invesco Field.

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Congressman ­Emanuel Cleaver talks on the phone while he surveys the convention floor.

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Virginia Governor and transplanted Missourian Tim Kaine looks down on his home state delegation from the jumbotron.

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­Former Massachusetts Governor and 1988 Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis huddles on the convention floor with an associate.

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Senate Democratic Leader Maida Coleman directs fellow Democrats to open seats in the Missouri delegation.

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DNC ­Chairman Howard Dean addresses his Party's convention.

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Montana Gov.­ Brian Schweitzer, who energized the Pepsi Center with his primetime speech days earlier, speaks with members of the media on the floor.

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Missouri delegate­ snaps a photo of Joe Biden, whose big night was the previous evening when he accepted the vice presidential nomination.

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Dele­gates cheer as real Americans tell their stories from the podium.

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Illinois­ Senator Dick Durbin introduces Barack Obama, as he did four years earlier in Boston when Obama was a yet-to-be-elected candidate for United States Senate.

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A patriotically dressed woman cheers as Obama takes the stage.

Delegates wave flags during one of the dozens of standing ovations sprinkled throughout Obama's acceptance speech.

A woman, with tears in her eyes, clasps hands with a fellow Democrat on the convention floor as Obama continues his moving speech.

The crowd reaches fever pitch as Obama's acceptance address winds down.

A man looks to the heavens during the close of Obama's speech.

Confetti and fireworks fill the night sky as the Obama and Biden families wave from the stage.

A man waves flags as the the post-speech party continues.

Missouri delegate Luana Gifford, exuding excitement after witnessing the historic speech, speaks with a television journalist outside Invesco field.