Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta – Getting the balloons ready for ascension. Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque
Custom Shaped Balloon – Albuquerque
This balloon was so colorful and the unique shape of the balloon was a sneaker! Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Special Shape Rodeo
San Francisco de Asis Mission Church
San Francisco de Asis Mission Church is a historic church in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico.
It is a large adobe structure, about 120 feet in length. Construction on this church began around 1772 and completed in 1815. The adobe structure has to be maintained on an annual basis by it’s members.
Georgia O’Keeffe created painting of the church. Ansel Adams, Paul Strand and Ned Scott visited and photographed the church.
The church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970
Filling the Sky
The balloons filled the skies with the morning light at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
A Sea of Balloons and People
The different views of the hundreds of Balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Floating in the Air
When the balloons align and these seem just right – Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico