New Mexico views
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Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum - Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 24, 2010

Models of real balloons
[40 small balloons models offset from a blue wall.]

First aerial camera, circa 1910 (Would have been mounted to the wall or floor of a balloon.)
[Wooden box with lens hanging from bottom.]

Silver Fox Gondola: Balloon gondola used in a transalantic balloon crossing in 1976. Shaped like a boat in case it didn't make it all the way (and it didn't).
[Red and white balloon gondola hanging from ceiling of museum.]

Inside of the Silver Fox Gondola
[View of inside of gondola--basically one big open space with a covering over the end.]

DiGiorno rising crust balloon with 9.8 ft diameter pepperoni slices
[White balloon with pizza ringing around it near the top of the balloon. Name DiGiorno and words Rising Crust Pizza are on the balloon below the simulated pizza.]

Poster of the entertainment use of balloons
[1891 of a woman droppped from a balloon floating the ground holding a parachute.]

Stratolab V: a high altitude balloon gondola from 1956 (Four flights were taken in this.)
[Round aluminum ball seven feet in diameter. It has several circular windows and a larger opening near the top with a gate across it.]

Other side of the Stratolab V
[Same sphere set on a stand with one larger opening near the bottom which is more an oval than a circle.]

Inside the Stratolab V (I added the arrows and the seat labels.)
[An image taken through the oval opening showing a chair seat on either side with a silver box in between. The image was modified to add the word seat and an arrow to it for each seat.]

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Open Space Visitor Center - Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 25, 2010

Rio Grande River seen from trail near visitor center.
[Mostly dry river bed with some mud and water.]

View of garden from visitor center tower
[Stone pattern with shapes cut into it.]

Art outside the visitor center
[Wooden carving of birds atop carved sunflower posts.]

View of Sandia Mountains from visitor center tower
[Multiple photos stitched together showing mountains in background and fields in foreground.]

Nearby trail view
[Tree pieces with whitened bark on the ground somewhat devoid of green vegitation.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver