jupiter ...

[ving]

...and a hot air balloon

we were at canberra on the weekend for the balloon fiesta and we got up extra early to watch them all set up at 5am. cheryl had problems getting me moving as i was staring at the stars ;)

anyhow, this was the first balloon to come up and i notice jupiter was above it... couldnt resist :D
hope you enjoy. it was all sooo pretty.

[iceman]

Nice one David, that's a very pretty shot!

[ving]

thanks mike. I took about 80 shots that morning. :)
I'll post some more shots in the er.. general pics forum later in the week. the balloons were beautiful.

[bird]

Saturday morning (two days ago) we heard the telltale sound of a gas burner outside, and when we went out for a look the Delfast balloon was passing right over our house, about 20 metres up. The crew and passengers waved to us, and we waved back.

Leisa went back inside for the camera, and here's the image. The balloon had gone about 100m past us by the time we got the picture.

If they launched from old parliament house, then they had to have traveled about 35km to get to us. I think they were lost :-)

Bird

[Howzat]

:lol2: David
I just saw that balloon on the news causing chaos on the roads in Canberra

[ving]

no ones ging to comment on my beautiful picture of jupiter? ;)

yeah they were flying REALLY low in some areas. I can imagine the havoc they'd be creating at 6 am on a sunday morning :P

[ballaratdragons]

David,

Lovely photo of Jupiter in the morning sky!

[Mick]

Very nice photos. That's a beautiful photo, but one scarey balloon David.