The eagle
Directly above our heads
Darth Vader! We were never able to get a really good shot of him, but the balloon is amazing
The blonde angel is amazingly ugly
The space shuttle and the American flag have a near miss
Another attempt to get Darth Vader
The Marines bulldog passes low over our heads
Lining up for the Key Grab
This is an event where balloons sail down and attempt to grab a prize on the end of a pole
It's hard to see, but these guys are essentially flying in formation from right to left
The prize is out of sight to the left. When the balloons miss, they rise up to the wind above that goes in the exact opposite direction. So it makes a big ring of moving ballons
Low ones are moving right to left. High ones are moving left to right.
The key was grabbed, and everyone's flying away