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Summer July-August 2006

Along the river, in the air in Central Iowa

It was balloon week, and I got down south (to Indianola)several times the week of Aug. 1-5. I took several shots at dusk with a balloon coming down. The morning of 3 August I was at the field at 6:30 AM and caught the flight of more than 100 colorful balloons. The crews take them out
into the countryside, get them into the air, and follow the wind over the target at the central site in full view of the spectators.

In the evening, the landing zone was filled with several dozen balloons of all sorts of shapes, lit up against the night sky. It was really cool.
Help me
Help me		 Good tree
Good tree		 Running to help
Running to help		 Between a highway and a cornfield
Between a highway and a cornfield
Motion blur, not all bad
Motion blur, not all bad		 Letting the hot air out
Letting the hot air out		 Mushroom
Mushroom		 Packing up
Packing up
Balloon rides setting up
Balloon rides setting up		 Riders away
Riders away		 Riders overhead
Riders overhead		 Telephoto moment
Telephoto moment
Foreground and background
Foreground and background		 A swarm of balloons in the air
A swarm of balloons in the air		 Heading for the target
Heading for the target		 In the trees
In the trees
Its a duck
Its a duck		 Not usually scene on a country road
Not usually "scene" on a country road		 Target hit, flame on
Target hit, flame on		 Back up
Back up
Leaving the target area
Leaving the target area		 Soft landing in the gentle hills
Soft landing in the gentle hills		 Tossing the sock
Tossing the sock		 The sock falls to the target on the ground
The sock falls to the target on the ground
Sock in center
Sock in center		 Surprise move, they're coming down
Surprise move, they're coming down		 Crew spings into action
Crew spings into action		 Got ya'
Got ya'
Maybe, maybe not
Maybe, maybe not		 Need a little help here
Need a little help here		 Whoa
Whoa		 It actually ends well
It actually ends well
Up and over
Up and over		 Great day for a cell phone chat
Great day for a cell phone chat		 Gorgeous colors 1
Gorgeous colors 1		 Gorgeous colors 2
Gorgeous colors 2
Gorgeous colors 3
Gorgeous colors 3		 Purple sock goes flying
Purple sock goes flying		 PS 2
PS 2		 Not quite a bullseye, but close
Not quite a bullseye, but close
Evening activities
Evening activities		 Energizer Bunny
Energizer Bunny		 Nite Glow
Nite Glow		 Bright lights at dusk
Bright lights at dusk
Color and light break out
Color and light break out		 Night falls, balloons aglow
Night falls, balloons aglow		 All lit up
All lit up		 Balloons in the night
Balloons in the night
our hibiscus
our hibiscus		 our hibisci
our hibisci		 Prospect Park Des Moines River
Prospect Park Des Moines River		 Zoom
Zoom
Dogs in a boat getting swamped
Dogs in a boat getting swamped		 More dogs in a boat
More dogs in a boat		 Dogs in a boat
Dogs in a boat

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