Random pictures thread

ProjectBazza said
I've seen this one in-person, and it's pretty cool.

For our anniversary a few years back my wife and I flew out to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, and this one was there. Pretty sure I have some pics of it at home.

What I found really interesting (and somewhat related to that boat with the rocks physics thread posted elsewhere here) is that despite the size of this, and other large "specialty" balloons, their capacity is based on the area (square footage) of where the basket attaches to the balloon, not the actual size of the balloon itself, and thus this balloon can't carry more than 3 or 4 people.

Jim

The wife and I went to the balloon festival a couple of years back- it was fun & interesting, but man was that place packed. We found a nice place down the highway to Taos, where many of the balloons would float down through the canyons; really pretty and no mobs of people. Very fun, relaxing time.
Drives my wife crazy- in our spare time I'd be cruising the back roads looking for vintage iron. ("You've already got too many projects!!" "But Honey, there's no rust here!")