New Mexico

Mass Ascension...this was purely incredible to watch

Dawn sky, full of balloons

Mass ascension

Straight overhead

Dawn sky, full of balloons

Morning ascent

Dawn sky, full of balloons

Dawn rising

Dawn sky, full of balloons

Looking up from the bike path on my way home from work, this balloon nearly made it to the moon!

Looking up from the bike path on my way home from work, this balloon nearly made it to the moon!

Looking up from the bike path on my way home from work, this balloon nearly made it to the moon!

Balloon over Central Ave

Dragonfly Kite

Launch field sunset

Dawn Patrol

Dawn Patrol...these early balloons went up before sunrise to check for winds and conditions aloft

Glowing

Blue flames during preparation

Blue flames during preparation

Heating up

Heating up

Lighting up

Heating up

Before sunrise, burning to get vertical

pre-dawn and almost ready to go

Intel balloon

night liftoff

Inflating in a row

You can see the top vent here

inflating

Getting ready

Star Spangled Banners lifting off

Wells Fargo balloons over an inflating dog

Wells Fargo balloons holding US Flags

Getting ready

Preparing to go

Preparing to go

Russian balloon amongst many others...people come from all over the world to fly here.

Things are heating up!

Rainbow Ryders balloon burn

Lots of balloons getting ready

Dawn takeoff

Dawn takeoff

Lifting off