Flying in a hot air balloon is something Technical Editor Mike Collins has done several times over the years, but he'd never participated in anything on the scale of a mass ascension at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta ("The Air Up There," page 50). "There are balloons in every direction. You don't know where to train your camera-good photos are everywhere," he says, adding that good coordination on the ground is key to launching 500 balloons in less than two hours.
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