No Basket Ride
by Robert Bales
Title
No Basket Ride
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
This was taken at the Colorado River Crossing and notice there is no basket just one person sitting.
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 10th, 2014
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Comments (26)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #15 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Rick Locke - Out of the Corner of My Eye
This is a spectacular image - nominating in the Special Features #5 Discussion thread.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Nick Boren
Wow.. I have never seen a basket like that.. a basket seat.. :-) Awesome shot Robert. I will have to tell my friend that owns a hot air balloon. I'll tell him about the seat I saw. :-) FV
Robert Bales replied:
It was a very interesting lift off!! Thanks for the comment and the FV!! I wonder what the landing would be like!
Emmy Vickers
Robert, this is fabulous. I get I sense of adventure and freedom when I see this. Awesome composition. L. Just tweeted and added to my favorites. I love your work! L/T/Fave.
Gary Richards
Congratulations on your features of this wonderful and colorful image, Robert! Very well done!
Eric Tressler
Fantastic shot Robert!! Great color!! That guy is really hanging out there isn't he. L/F
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