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Sampling of 500 balloons in the Mass Ascension
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Great shapes and beautiful colors!
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Rio Grande
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Dipping down to the Rio Grande
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Globe balloon
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our shadow
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Coming in for a landing
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Our pilot Dar
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Twin to our balloon
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Lift off in the hot air balloon!
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Take off from balloon fiesta oval
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Ready for our "bucket list" adventure!
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Inflating the balloon
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Gondola took out a few branches of a cottonwood tree on landing
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Back on the ground, safe & sound
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Part of Mass Ascension at ABQ Balloon Fiesta
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Sunrise over Sandia, with Albuquerque still in shadow under a layer of mist
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Twin of our balloon, drifting over Sandia reservation
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, with take-off oval at lower center