UniversalCompendium<p>Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta<br><a href="https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/1hot-air-balloons/hot-air-balloons-morning-sky-american-flag-palm-tree-sunrise.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universalcompendium.com/gen_im</span><span class="invisible">ages/ucg/1hot-air-balloons/hot-air-balloons-morning-sky-american-flag-palm-tree-sunrise.htm</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hotairballoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hotairballoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flying</span></a></p>
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LilelaIf you have not been balloning over the Namib desert yet, put it on your bucket List! This experience is outstanding 😍 I did it and yet I still aspire to top off with a Balloon Safari!<br>
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Bob Tregilus<p>Many of yesterday's balloons at the Great Reno Balloon Race ended up landing at the University of Nevada, Reno campus. They managed to land on baseball diamonds, tennis courts, and edges of parking lots full of student cars!<br>14/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/AVGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AVGeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>Bear in mind that that is a 1,100C° (2,012°F) torch shooting up into a balloon envelope that is little more than a thin ripstop nylon like material! (Great Reno Balloon Race, 9/6/2025.)<br>13/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/AVGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AVGeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>A backlit hot air balloon envelope at the Great Reno Balloon Race!<br>12/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/AVGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AVGeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>This could have been such a nice photo, but the accounting firm, Edie Bailly, ruined it. Beautiful balloon. I love the tassels that give it a bit of an old stlye Victorian balloon look. <br>11/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Sunrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunrise</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/AVGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AVGeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>Peanut the Elephant and Smokey Bear battling it out, side-by-side at the Great Reno Balloon Race!<br>10/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/AVGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AVGeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>Darth Vader looking to the sunrise this morning at the Great Reno Balloon Race. <br>9/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>I tried to stowaway in a balloon this morning. I got discovered.<br>8/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>Ah, here's a better one of the "Dawn Patrol" patrolling the dawn over the Great Reno Balloon Race. This was a great morning for the balloon race. It's the first year--since I can't remember--that we didn't have wildfire smoke filling the air. Although, it was scary warm out. I rode my motorcycle to the event at 3am in a long-sleeved shirt! Decades ago, it was always freezing cold.<br>(Single frame. Not AI slop.) <br>7/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NightPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>And there's the Great Reno Balloon Race "Dawn Patrol," welp, patrolling the dawn this morning.<br>(Single frame. Not AI slop.) <br>6/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NightPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>The "Dawn Patrol" over downtown Reno, Nevada, at the Great Reno Balloon Race! (Single frame. Not AI slop.)<br>5/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NotAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NightPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>It's the "Dawn Patrol" at the Great Reno Balloon Race getting ready for liftoff! <br>4/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NightPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>And they are up! There's 30-40 balloons participating, but when you are on the field you can only photograph a couple at a time. And yes, that's an upside down elephant balloon on the left. 🙃 <br>3/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NightPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>More "Glow Show" prep at the Great Reno Balloon Race! Here they are raising the balloons. (Apologies for the Cosmic Crisp apple ad. Cosmic Crisps are awful. They are like on the opposite end of the apple spectrum from Red Delicious. Way too crispy, way too sweet. Anyway, it is colorful!)<br>2/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NightPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>Getting ready for the pre-dawn "Glow Show" at the Great Reno Balloon Race! <br>1/n</p><p><a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/NightPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastoart.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Jassy<p>Balloon coupling? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/microlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microlight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeneralAviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralAviation</span></a></p>
Desert Lily ArtistryNot gonna lie, it's not often I'm this hyped to share something I've made 😜. <br>
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I FINALLY ordered the beads needed to finish my prototype balloon earrings! I'm super glad I did it before our annual balloon fiesta that's held at the beginning of October came and went 🙃😅. <br>
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Any balloon pilots or chase crew members in the house 👀? What do you think? How'd I do?<br>
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MediaFaro Magazine<p>Croatia hosts the fourth open hot air balloon championship in Prelog.</p><p>In the northern Croatian town of Prelog, balloon crews from around the world gathered for a race that has become one of the country’s most distinctive annual events.</p><p>The festival has become one of Croatia’s key late-summer attractions, drawing thousands of visitors to the airfield near the Hungarian border.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250901-croatia-hosts-the-fourth-open-hot-air-balloon-championship-in-prelog?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250901</span><span class="invisible">-croatia-hosts-the-fourth-open-hot-air-balloon-championship-in-prelog?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Championship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Championship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Race</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Croatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Croatia</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>Croatia hosts fourth open hot air balloon championship in Prelog <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMpZkR" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMpZ</span><span class="invisible">kR</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Croatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Croatia</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HotAirBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HotAirBalloon</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Championship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Championship</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Prelog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prelog</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BalloonFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalloonFestival</span></a></p>
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