Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta: 700 Hot Air Balloons

[boedicca]

So pretty:

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You've never seen hot air balloons like this before. A couple weeks ago, Albuquerque, New Mexico held its 42nd annual International Balloon Fiesta. It's a 9-day event where over 700 balloons see liftoff. It's the largest hot air balloon festival in the entire world and we were on hand to capture the action....

 

[depotoo]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. That had to have been magnificent to actually see them all going up.
I love hot air balloons and used to live where they had a festival every year and just loved it.

 

[hjmick]

Left Abq last year after spending three years there...

Learned to hate the week of Fiesta, as do most locals, but the mass ascension is truly a spectacular sight...

 

[Mr. H.]

Groovy.

 

[Pogo]

Helium...