[photos] Ballooning through the Nebraska skies

I still don't have access to the photos taken in-flight from inside the basket, but here are some nice ones from fellow passenger Doris Abraham, as well as ground crew members Dani Martin and Tracy Rotundo. Man, that was a lot of fun.


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


elusivem sticks the landing, by Tracy Rotundo


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.