Float on Oct 8, 2018

Float on

We’d like to trade our usual Monday morning experience in for this one, please. Welcome to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico. The festival continues through October 14, with plenty of on-the-ground entertainment beyond those balloon rides that might take you east of the city, to the foothills of the Sandia Mountains, seen in this photo. Many hot air balloon rides offer a champagne toast as part of the experience. The champagne tradition may have sprung from early balloon pilots having to land in farm fields on private property. Aeronauts began carrying champagne or other drinks with them to offer to the confused and sometimes angry landowners. You’re welcome to land in our backyard anytime, balloonists!

© Blaine Harrington III/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Oct 8, 2019Let s celebrate cephalopods
Oct 8, 2020An underwater rainbow
Oct 8, 2021An uncommonly cool critter
Oct 8, 2022World Octopus Day
Oct 8, 2023World Octopus Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 1, 2020Where fire meets water
Nov 4, 2020Caribou on the move
Oct 1, 2021What s better than a smile?
May 5, 2020A courtyard scene from Spain
Sep 29, 2019Falling for Rioja
Aug 17, 2022Freshwater plants in Aquário Natural, Brazil
Oct 13, 2022Alaska moose
Jan 27, 2021A dramatic view of Sicily
Dec 27, 2020Turning darkness into light
Sep 9, 2021Islands of the Salish Sea
Nov 14, 2018Monet still makes an impression
May 4, 2021Happy Star Wars Day!
Jan 21, 2023Kangaroo family for National Hugging Day
May 21, 2022Albion Falls, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Aug 11, 2023Edinburgh Art Festival
Aug 30, 2022Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
Jun 9, 2018Yarn bombing in the village of Gurnard, England
Feb 29, 2024Leap day
Jul 31, 2018Honoring the rangers on World Ranger Day
Jul 16, 2020Summertime in Alaska
Aug 25, 2021Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
Mar 13, 2022Daylight saving time
Mar 31, 2023Steyr River, Austria
Jan 10, 2018Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
Jun 12, 2019A big birthday for Big Bend
May 28, 2022Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
Mar 18, 2022Holi festival
Mar 9, 2024Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
Oct 13, 2020Where can you find a red fox?
Sep 30, 2019Wheels up in Beijing