Today we had a successful launch at the Colorado Balloon Festival. I don't think there were as many balloons as they anticipated - being the last day of the event, many had already left - but it was really neat to see. There is a slide show of pictures - I took too many to just post - and it was really cool! We can't wait until next year's "Hop" Air Balloon Festival! (That's what Olivia called it).
My two favorite photos...
This is the 'chase' balloon - it is the first to lift off and the balloon all others try to catch.
Slide Show ... (LOTS of pictures)
Pictures from a craft booth - the balloons are made out of light bulbs and copper wire and take anywhere from two weeks to many months to make. My favorite is the second picture - all are handmade and hand-painted and this one was probably the most intricate balloon he had made. The cost? $575.00! But absolutely beautiful!
A video of one of the balloons 'kissing' the lake - this one skimmed the surface of the water almost all the way across the lake. These balloon pilots are pretty talented to do it, but most of them touch and lift off. This was impressive enough that we thought it was worthy of a small video clip.
2 comments:
SOOO COOL!!! =)
I love the photo of the air balloon's reflection on the water.
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