Photos I took at the 2024 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. https://photos.app.goo.gl/jXi6aTrj6UKWff7q9

I finally got around to uploading them (qty. ~1600) to Google Photos for sharing. Photos by me, Steven Baltakatei Sandoval and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. #balloonfiesta2024

Pumpkins, gourds, sunflowers, and a hot air balloon Wagner's Farmland Experience

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This morning was fantastic. If the balloons launch tomorrow, it will be 9 for 9 days. No weather cancellations. I don't know if that has ever happened before.

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I didn't take many photos this morning. Live-streaming short bits on multiple platforms. A few balloons got low enough to splash and dash further south, but most of them were too high to make the drop. Beautiful morning.

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The weather was fantastic for the first day of Balloon Fiesta. The morning was made better by a random encounter with a very nice couple at my favorite lookout (I try to figure out which way the balloons are blowing before heading to the river). We trekked through the Bosque and watched the balloons splash and dash on the Rio Grande. Shout out to Joy and Jay. It was a pleasure to meet you both.

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