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!
Float on
Today in History
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Earth seen from the International Space Station
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Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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National Park Week continues
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Château de Villandry, France
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Penn Station
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One for the books
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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii
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The perfect canvas for an ancient text
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D-Day remembered
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Land ho in New Zealand 250 years ago
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Snow on the temple
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Roman theater of Cartagena, Spain
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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World Meteorological Day
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Bavljenac Island
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Computer science on the page
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World Parrot Day
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A horse of many colors
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Today is World Refugee Day
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Swim city
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Maldives
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Halloween
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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Veterans Day
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Shark Awareness Day
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A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
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International Day for Monuments and Sites