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Flashback to my first balloon launch, Fort Meade Parade Grounds near Sturgis, SD, May 1983.
Flashback to my first balloon launch, Fort Meade Parade Grounds near Sturgis, SD, May 1983.
Scanned from film.
Before dawn, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Flame illumunates a balloon, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Balloons catch first light, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Takeoff, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Witch balloon before dawn, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Bees, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
The bees again, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Near tragedy at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.  The Smokey Bear balloon snagged on a radio tower and the three occupants of the basket had to climb down 600 feet to safety.  Click here for a more detailed photo.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
One of the few aliens I saw in New Mexico, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Balloon over my house in Sioux Falls.
Balloon over my house in Sioux Falls.
Balloons over my house in Sioux Falls.
Balloon launch, Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls.
Balloon launch, Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls.
Balloon launch, Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls.
Balloon launch, Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls.
Balloon launch, Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls.
Balloon launch, Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls.
Balloon launch, Great Plains Balloon Race, Sioux Falls.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, dawn.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
A small part of the mass launch, Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.

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