It's always fun to see the experienced pilots skimming the surface of the water. If they get too hot, they can let the basket sink a bit and start to fill with water. It can be dangerous if you get too much water inside, because it takes a lot of heat to create enough lift to raise the extra water weight, but if you use too much heat too fast, you can melt the top of your balloon!
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Great! +Jeff Sullivan
Awesome!
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Wonderful +Jeff Sullivan! Love the angle and perspective.
one recently was on the news for crashing when trying this 😀
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Wonderful image +Jeff Sullivan.
a dangerous thing to do, letting the basket fill with water, especially as a lot of pilots tend to put false floors in them (solid) Its takes so much heat to lift the balloon out, there's a danger of burning the top out of the balloon. but I have to say that having a dip is a lot of fun if you get it right
oh and I should add, one year in Lorraine, myself and another occupant were accused of p'ing in the basket by some french people when we landed in a stubble field. they didn't realise that the floor was wet because we "went in". :))))) oh well, it made them all laugh
Nice
nice picture, I like
Gorgeous shot!! Love the balloons!!
niceeee
wow, awesome!
Oooo wow…
That is what you havet boats for. Balloons are ment to fly. 🙂 Nice shot though.
Thanks everyone!
In past years they actually would hold a fishing derby from the balloons +Rickard Ehleskog, but perhaps after a few of the balloons were snagged by fishing lures, someone decided that having sharp objects along may not be the best idea during a balloon ride.
Wonderful
Haha that's just mankinds way.
Still amazing shots dear!
I would really love to go up in one of these. once day maybe.