
The Emerald City Express' envelope being laid out, by Doris Abraham

Me, as the Emerald City Express is being set up, by Tracy Rotundo

Flame on!, by Tracy Rotundo

Emerald City Express moments from launch, by Dani Martin

View from one of the chase vehicles, by Dani Martin

Emerald City Express being buzzed by some idiot in a powered paraglider, who was seriously violating flight safety rules, by Tracy Rotundo

Emerald City Express rising from the corn, by Dani Martin

Emerald City Express over a cornfield, by Tracy Rotundo

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Walking the balloon to the best takedown point, by Tracy Rotundo

Me and Doris, post-flight, by Dani Martin

The sunset sky as the balloon was being broken down, by Dani Martin
Photos © 2012 Doris Abraham, Dani Martin and Tracy Rotundo. All rights reserved, used here with permission.