Saturday, September 18, 2010

Balloon Glow

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Balloon Glow 1
Don't let anybody tell you there's nothing to do in this town. This weekend's event is The Great Forest Park Balloon Race. The "hare and hounds" race is today. Actually, it's not a race at all. The hare balloon (that looks like the Energizer battery bunny, har har) takes off 15 minutes before the others. The winner is the chase balloon that lands nearest to the hare, all to the surprise of the neighborhood.

Last night was the traditional balloon glow. These are some of the better shots.

Balloon Glow 4

Balloon Glow 3

Balloon Glow 2

10 comments:

ramy_v said...

Nights burns are spectacular! well done!

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Sharon said...

Beautiful shots!

Martin said...

Beautiful shots!

This was on the news here in Canada too....

Luis Gomez said...

Beautiful images Rob!

Carraol said...
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Carraol said...

Magnificent set of images, the colors of the balloons always are amazing, but with this beautiful light these look superb, the last one in particular! About La Hacienda de los Morales parties, justify its slogan: El Lugar de los Momentos Memorables (The Place of the Memorable Moments) Greetings from MC and thanks a lot for visiting.

Virginia said...

How did I miss these yesteday? They are all beautiful but that bottom one blew me away. I knew you'd get some good ones.
V

T. Becque said...

Beautiful night shots.

Chuck Pefley said...

Certainly no need to travel to Albuquerque. Lovely.

Oakland Daily Photo said...

Missed this post last year. So glad you linked it to today's post. Great images.