The shadow of the balloon falls on the intersection of President and E. Lombard.
A view of the balloon landing pad and the Port Discovery Children's Museum.
"Look at mom's funny hair!"
400 feet up.
Cable reel and winch.
Waiting to board the balloon.
The entrance to Port Discovery.
City Hall and the heliport on top of Police Headquarters.
Looking southwest toward the Powerplant, National Aquarium and Federal Hill.
A closeup of the tether cable.
Note the angle of the cable against the shot tower as a 30 knot wind pushes the balloon to the south.
The balloon's tether cable retracted all the way.
Takeoff.
The Lindstrand Balloons logo on the gondola. There's lots of technical information about the system on the UK site.
Looking north up the Jones Falls Expressway.
Looking west up Baltimore Street.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital complex.
The Shot Tower.
From top down, Key Bridge, South Baltimore with Tide Point and Domino Sugar visible, and new construction along the eastern Inner Harbor. Back to the main blog post.