Opening day at the Albuquerque Fiesta with 550 balloons ready to take off in rows of a dozen often out crowding each other and bustling with neighbor balloons. What a sight! One of the peculiarities of Albuquerque is the wind streams are often different at various altitudes so balloons launch and drift south, then ascend a bit higher and catch the northerly drift and can sometimes land close to where they started! On Sunday one balloon hit high tension lines and went up in flames but thank goodness no injuries!
