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Inflating "Dark Star" with a cool-air fan
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Whoosh!
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Just after takeoff
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Mount Alice, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Boulder & the Flatirons; Mount Evans beyond
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High peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park
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Haystack Mountain and Table Mountain north of Boulder
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The 'Burbs
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Valmont Power Plant
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View towards Boulder (IBM in foreground)
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Meg
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Longmont Airport
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Ponds surrounding St. Vrain Creek
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Longmont sunglint
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Mike & Cecile
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Meg & Cecile
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St. Vrain Creek
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Our first touchdown
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... followed by an immediate takeoff (irate farmer!)
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Just after landing on a street next to an apartment complex
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Balloon flight elevation profile
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Balloon flight speed profile
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Map of balloon flight, color-coded by elevation