SWF: Balloons over Thebes
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I shot these pictures whilst on an early morning hot air balloon ride in Luxor, Egypt.
And these traveling
Globes of thin air, red, green,
Delighting
The heart like wishes or free
- Sylvia Plath
The thick shimmering white line seen in the photograph below is the great River Nile.
February 2009
Luxor, Egypt
Have a good SWF, a lovely weekend and to those who celebrate, a very Happy Easter.
celine
April 9, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Fabulous photos of the balloons, the last one is definately my favourite, thanks for sharing.
Have a great weekend
Guy
Regina In Pictures
April 9, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I like the one in the middle. I wouldn’t dare ride one myself. Great to see pic, closest I’ll ever get one. Fantastis wiew! Happy SWF!
April 9, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Beautiful scenery!.
I can imagine.. Thanks for a ride.
April 9, 2009 at 10:44 pm
I have never wanted to take a balloon ride. It sure makes some nice photos. My skywatch photo is on my Brookville Daily Photo blog.
April 9, 2009 at 10:54 pm
We go to a balloon fest every year but I just can’t bring myself to go up in one.
April 9, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I’ve never been up in a hot air balloon. The view is lovely. Looks like a lot of other balloonists were enjoying the view too!
April 9, 2009 at 11:31 pm
I’ve never seen a skywatch photo with a balloon floating over the Nile before. Thanks for sharing your beautiful and unusual photos!
April 10, 2009 at 2:08 am
Wow, I’m a sucker for hot air balloon pictures. These are great!
April 10, 2009 at 2:14 am
That must of been an incredible experience and one I have to try out someday.
April 10, 2009 at 2:57 am
Balloons are always such fabulous sky images.
April 10, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Ever since I read Jules Verne, I have wanted to go on a balloon flight. Unfortunately, my doctors forbid it, so it was doubly nice to fly with you and over a place I have linged to visit.
June 3, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Celine, the Plath quote is perfect to accompany these dazzling photographs. I’m glad you pointed out the River Nile.
I went to your “Fugue” blog and enjoyed your cricket post. Although I’m not familiar with it, it’s always fun to read what you have to say about a subject. For some reason, the comment page would not load for me, so I came over here!
By the way, I’m on a rather slow DSL connection on this computer; that’s most likely why the page wouldn’t load.
July 17, 2009 at 11:31 am
wow! thrilling!
August 10, 2009 at 2:47 pm
i always wish to ride in this balloons..thanks for sharing this lovely pix
August 10, 2009 at 2:48 pm
beautiful bird’s eye view of he place!