8.02.2009

to fly in the middle is magic

this jaw-droppingly gorgeous photo is of the largest hot air balloon gathering in the world ~ the lorraine mondial air balloons rally in chambley, france. in the photographer's own delightful words "to be there is a gift but to fly in the middle is magic." gbatistini created this particular image by stitching together 6 panoramas. absolutely stunning!
but wait, there's more...
a time lapse video of the launch:



and an entire flickr group dedicated to the launch is here.
where i found another fantastic photo by leadenhall . he took this on a serendipitous train ride ~ as he was riding across france he looked out the window and saw that it was raining balloons. how lucky we are that he captured it on film to share!

bon weekend!

2 comments:

Relyn Lawson said...

OH!! Oh my. Thank you for sharing this magic with us. I LOVE this post!

diana murphy said...

Oh, this is the loveliest thing EVER. You always give me such a lift (pun intended). It's true.

Thank you thank you.