Product Description
From a small gathering of 13 balloons and their crews in 1972, the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has grown to become the largest ballooning event in the world, and it is said to be the most photographed annual event of any kind. Thousands of balloonists from come together each fall in the high desert of northern New Mexico in a spectacular celebration of aeronautical adventure and artistry, captured here in beautiful color photographs.
From the Back Cover
The first weekend in October means one thing in New Mexico: the skies over Albuquerque are transformed from their normal brilliant blue into a kaleidoscope of color. What was initially thirteen balloons launching from the parking lot of the Coronado Shopping Center is now Balloon Fiesta, a ten day, aerial feast of colors, shapes, and wingless flight. These twenty postcards celebrate this magnificent, majestic experience, and are yours to treasure, to share, or to send.