{"id":361,"date":"2013-10-07T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:48:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:48:41","slug":"albuquerque-international-balloon-fiesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/07\/albuquerque-international-balloon-fiesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A photographic tour<\/h2>\n<p>New Mexico\u2019s spectacular annual hot air balloon festival is now under way. The nine day event is the largest event of its kind in the world. It involves glowing balloons at dawn and dusk, mass launches, strangely shaped balloons and flying races.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hot air balloons flying low over the Rio Grande River just after sunrise, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-417667.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>\u00a9age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>Mass launches of hundreds of balloons are carefully coordinated events where launch directors make sure the\u00a0balloons leave the field in a safe and coordinated way &#8211; all accompanied by the US national anthem,\u00a0naturally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aerial view of hot balloons preparing to lift off at Balloon FIesta Park, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-417665.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>\u00a9age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aerial view, Hot air balloons lifting off from Balloon Fiesta Park, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-417679.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a>\u00a9age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>During festival days up to 100,000 spectators may be on the launch field, where they can watch the launch process from close by. Others observe the festival from sites all over the city, including their backyards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The 2012 Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/801-866.jpg\" width=\"313\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>\u00a9Richard Maschmeyer\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico mounted police watch over the fiesta.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"USA, New, Mexico, Albuquerque, Balloon fiesta.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/797-8356.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a>\u00a9Eye Ubiquitous\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hot air balloons being inflated, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-417663.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>\u00a9age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>In one of the most popular events in the fiesta, many bizarrely shaped balloons, including those in the form of animals, hats, soda cans and motor vehicles, are launched at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-371\" alt=\"Funny hot air balloons at Balloon Fiesta at Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1113-58251.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1113-58251.jpg 319w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1113-58251-163x245.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1113-58251-226x340.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a>\u00a9LOOK\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372\" alt=\"Annual balloon fiesta colourful hot air balloons in flight with owl shaped balloon part seen in the foreground, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/797-9158.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/797-9158.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/797-9158-365x245.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\u00a9Eye Ubiquitous\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>At night large numbers of balloons light up simultaneously by firing their propane burners. There is also a &#8220;Glowdeo&#8221; just for the special shaped balloons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Several hot air balloons float above a crowd at a Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/780-7479.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a>\u00a9National Geographic\/R Harding<\/p>\n<p>See more pictures of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22719&amp;gallery=Albuquerque%20Balloon%20Fiesta\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photographic tour New Mexico\u2019s spectacular annual hot air balloon festival is now under way. 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