Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2011, pt 2
16th August 2011
One of the main attractions of the entire weekend is the Night Glows that took place on the Thursday and Saturday evenings.
Night Glow: a truly amazing event; where 26 balloon were tethered in the arena and we waited for darkness to fall.
The main sponsor of the event, Janguar, got their balloon up early, the XK8, while the rest got ready by laying out their balloons on the ground and tying them down.
Slowly, and to the theme tune of 2001, 'Also sprach Zarathustra' roaring out across the arena, the balloons were filled and came upright.
For a minute or so all was still and then the music started blaring out and with each beat a different balloon 'glowed' in the dark by firing its burners.
And then as the music came to a crescendo, all the balloon glowed together ....
The crowds of approx 100,000 people were either boogying around of recording the amazing event on digital cameras or their phones. An amazing evening which ended with a great firework display, which sadly went off behind us.
Night Glow: a truly amazing event; where 26 balloon were tethered in the arena and we waited for darkness to fall.
The main sponsor of the event, Janguar, got their balloon up early, the XK8, while the rest got ready by laying out their balloons on the ground and tying them down.
Slowly, and to the theme tune of 2001, 'Also sprach Zarathustra' roaring out across the arena, the balloons were filled and came upright.
For a minute or so all was still and then the music started blaring out and with each beat a different balloon 'glowed' in the dark by firing its burners.
And then as the music came to a crescendo, all the balloon glowed together ....
The crowds of approx 100,000 people were either boogying around of recording the amazing event on digital cameras or their phones. An amazing evening which ended with a great firework display, which sadly went off behind us.