We were able to spend a Sunday at the annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. The Rio Grande Valley has ideal flying conditions year-round so this festival draws hundreds of balloonists. The show starts with the "dawn patrol" at 5:45am with a handful of balloons going up as the skies start to lighten. Then the "mass ascension" begins around 7:00 with hundreds of balloons taking off throughout the next hour. It was quite a colorful site and a lot of fun to see! As we left ALBQ on Monday morning (en route to Salt Plains, OK), we enjoyed another round of colorful balloons flying over the blue skies of NM. The photos below become more colorful as you scroll down the page - they align with the timing of the sun rising higher in the sky, capturing the colors of the balloons. Enjoy!
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