Today’s Photos

If I have to get up at zero-dark-30, you have to scroll through four more Balloon Fiesta photos.

The winds on the ground weren’t bad, but aloft they were too much for balloon flying, so the special shapes just stood up today. (The weather has been a problem three days in a row now.) Once again I was on the crew for Iwi the Kiwi representing New Zealand. These were taken with an iPhone 4 when I had a second of not holding Iwi open for inflation or helping weight down the gondola. Click images for larger versions.

This morning's sunrise was absolutely incredible. That's the Sandia Mountains.
A couple of early risers silhouetted by the sky looking northeast.
The insides of Iwi the Kiwi while he was standing up.
Iwi the Kiwi rising some seven stories. You can't believe how much trouble that cap is when he's being deflated. Air bubble every time. Cute though, isn't he?

4 thoughts on “Today’s Photos”

  2. It hasn’t actually rained all year but now that Balloon Fiesta is here… we’re sloggin’ in the wet. I’m pretty sure we’ll return to dry, dry, dry by next Tuesday.

    Irony.

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