Preparing to Launch
Early morning dawn patrol balloons preparing to launch. A full moon is in the background.
Rising
Hot air fills the balloon to make it rise in the colder air. Photographed at the Hot Air Balloon Classic in Windsor, California.
Dawn Patrol Lifts Off
The early morning dawn patrol lifts off in the early morning light at the Hot Air Balloon Classic in Windsor, California.
Alien
Natural gas nozzle for hot air balloons resting on the ground awaiting its connection to the balloon.
Vibrant
Three hot air balloons overlap as they fill with hot air in preparation of lift off.
A Hot Air Blast
The pilot of the hot air balloon sends hot air into the balloon to keep it upright and in preparation for launch.
Expansion
Dawn patrol hot air balloons are filling with hot air in the early morning light.
An Inside View
Sneaking a view inside the hot air balloon as it is rising. Hot Air Balloon Classic, Windsor, CA.
Bright Colors Against a Blue Sky
A beautiful balloon rising in the morning sky in Windsor, CA.
At the Top
Beautiful colors of the hot air balloon dazzle the eye as it is beginning to fill with hot air. Windsor, CA
Three Rising
Three balloons rise into the cold air of the morning. Windsor, CA
Yellow, Blue, Green
Two balloons seem to collide as they fill with hot air in preparation for launch into the morning air. Windsor, CA
Launch of the Dawn Patrol
The crews of five hot air balloons prepare to launch their balloons into the early morning light for a dawn patrol at the Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic. Windsor, CA, U.S.A. June 14, 2014
Lights Out
Four hot air balloons are dark having already heated the air enough to remain inflated. One balloon is preparing to turn up the gas. All at the Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic. Windsor, CA, U.S.A. June 14, 2014.
Light to Dark
One balloon is aglow to keep it inflated. Three are preparing to turn up the gas and the last is dark having already heated the air enough to remain inflated. All at the Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic. Windsor, CA, U.S.A. June 14, 2014.
Two Rising Balloons
One kid sized helium balloons has escaped and rises high above while the hot air balloon remains on the ground as it is inflated with hot air. Windsor, CA, U.S.A. June 14, 2014.
Filling with Hot Air
Lit gas is shot into a hot air balloon to inflate it. Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic, Windsor, CA. June 14, 2014.
