Checkered Balloon
by Robert Bales
Title
Checkered Balloon
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
This was taken at the Colorado River Crossing.
The Colorado River Crossing Hot Air Balloon Festival is presented by the Caballeros de Yuma. It is one of Yuma, AZ's premier annual events. The festival attracts some of the most colorful and unique balloons from the West and Southwest. Staged over three days in November, with mass ascensions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, the festival uses the Colorado River and the Sonoran Desert as its backdrop. The highlight is the Desert Balloon Glow that takes place on Saturday night at Yuma's Desert Sun Baseball Stadium where tethered balloons fill the baseball field and with their burners firing at full blast, the balloons to glow brightly in the dark desert sky, The entire pageant is set to music. Prior to the glow there is a tissue balloon launch featuring miniature balloon constructed by local Yuma area students.
The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is in a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft. On November 21, 1783, in Annonay, France, the first untethered manned flight was made by Jean-Franois Piltre de Rozier and Franois Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air balloon created on December 14, 1782 by the Montgolfier brothers. Hot air balloons that can be propelled through the air rather than just being pushed along by the wind are known as airships or, more specifically, thermal airships.
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December 7th, 2013
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Comments (20)
Brian Tada
Robert, absolutely superb photography and presentation in this outstanding Checkered Balloon portrait... Wonderful clarity, colors and lighting! Nominating for a Special Feature in the 1,000 Views group. F/L
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #10 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Beverly Guilliams
Hey, I nominated this image in 1000 views........Beautiful close Capture, Bob........v./f./tweet
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Kay Brewer
Oh, my, Robert - this is a gorgeous capture with so many bright colors! Congratulations on your lovely art reaching more than 1000 views! LF
Joseph Hollingsworth
Love Hot Air Balloon shots. This will be one of my favs.
Robert Bales replied:
So glad you enjoyed the image and thanks so much for the comment and the FAV!!
Maria Hunt
Robert this is marvelous... Love ho the cerulean blue just blends right into the color of the sky... I think images like this just lift more than ones spirits. : )))
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"