Getting Ready To Lift Off
by Robert Bales
Title
Getting Ready To Lift Off
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 8th, 2014
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #14 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks, Christopher for the information and the nice discussion!! Also thanks for the LFTw!!
Nick Boren
There is nothing quite like being there and photographing balloon launches. My wife and I get to to it frequently in the summertime. Awesome shot Robert and those are some very colorful hot air balloons. :-) FV
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Nick for the nice comments and the FV!! Yuma has a weekend of balloons in Nov.!!
Judy Via-Wolff
Wow, just oozing with for and form! Love the overlapping balloons so close in proximity! LF
Julia Fine Art And Photography
So, bright and beautiful capture, Robert! Love the vivid colors and the lighting! L/F/P
Beverly Guilliams
Bright and Beautiful Capture, Robert.......Love this...on my bucket list to get a close up like this..............v./f.