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Fire Powered Flying

Fire Powered Flying

Fires bursts into the hot air balloon we flew in yesterday near Marrakech, Morocco. The air in the balloon has to be 85C hotter than the surrounding air to provide enough lift to raise the weight of the basket and passengers so we were always warm! Aperture ƒ/4 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 21mm [...]

February 28, 2013
Hot Air Ballooning over Marrakech

Hot Air Ballooning over Marrakech

Yesterday brought the news that 19 tourists died in Egypt when their hot air balloon crashed. It almost made us rethink our activities today because we were planning to go up in a balloon here in Marrakech! The chance that our balloon would crash just because a balloon in Egypt crashed is minuscule. They’re unrelated [...]

February 27, 2013
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The Flying Dolphin

A dolphin balloon flies into the air over Fitzgerald’s Park last summer. Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 200mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/2000s

April 1, 2009
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What The Duck flew away!

OMG! During a test flight of the What the Duck balloon for a parade it broke it’s tether and the wind blew it away! Yikes! Hehe. Yes, yes. it’s fake. Good video though! Via TOP.

November 23, 2007

Unhappy Child

Unhappy Child A small girl walks mournfully into the shopping center on Paul Street clutching her “BT Kids” balloon, probably handed to her by this lady.

January 13, 2007

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