New mexico sky (Warning dial up users)

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2005-06-11 09:17pm

Some pictures i took thought i would post them. First one is of our ballon fiesta that happens in oct. The next three is what it looks out side my window right now and the third is an old sun set pic i took awhile back. It is taken outside my front door

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-06-12 01:27am

Where are all the balloons from? is it a race, event or simply a company renting them out?

Nice Pics BTW

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-06-12 01:38am

the .303 bookworm wrote:Where are all the balloons from? is it a race, event or simply a company renting them out?

Nice Pics BTW

Its just the annual balloon festival. I think it might be a race, but mostly its just nifty. When I was a kid they had something similar, and we'd go outside and watch them go overhead.

Post by **haas mark** » 2005-06-12 07:19am

the .303 bookworm wrote:Where are all the balloons from? is it a race, event or simply a company renting them out?

It's an annual int'l event held here in Albuquerque, NM.

People come from all over the world to basically show off their balloons. There are various contests and such involved with them, and there may or may not be one or more races involved, but I forget.

thecreech - AWESOME pics.

I love the fact that our city produces such wonderful skies despite the AFB and whatnot.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2005-06-12 09:14am

Nice! Those clouds look like very much like mammatus clouds (or mammatocumulus). They are usually seen on thunder clouds (the big cumulonimbus type), but sometimes forms on more "regular" clouds as well. They are a rare sight up here in cold country (I've actually never seen any) but you apparently get quite plenty of them

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2005-06-12 01:24pm

Dooey Jo wrote:Nice! Those clouds look like very much like mammatus clouds (or mammatocumulus). They are usually seen on thunder clouds (the big cumulonimbus type), but sometimes forms on more "regular" clouds as well. They are a rare sight up here in cold country (I've actually never seen any) but you apparently get quite plenty of them

Mostly because we have a very busy thunderstorm season in the summer around these parts.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2005-06-13 12:38am

GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:
Dooey Jo wrote:Nice! Those clouds look like very much like mammatus clouds (or mammatocumulus). They are usually seen on thunder clouds (the big cumulonimbus type), but sometimes forms on more "regular" clouds as well. They are a rare sight up here in cold country (I've actually never seen any) but you apparently get quite plenty of them
Mostly because we have a very busy thunderstorm season in the summer around these parts.

Really, i work for the power company and up coming here in july will be our worst thunderstorm season. We get some wicked skies. Glad you folks like the pics

Post by **haas mark** » 2005-06-13 03:33am

thecreech wrote:Really, i work for the power company and up coming here in july will be our worst thunderstorm season. We get some wicked skies. Glad you folks like the pics

Wait.. we're actually going to HAVE one this year!?

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-06-13 08:57am

Post by **Kuja** » 2005-06-13 11:27am

*snicker*

The testing of the new fighter cloaks seems to be going well, though more research is clearly in order.

R.O.A · Post by **R.O.A** » 2005-06-13 12:54pm

They drained all the hotair out of Bush's head and filled the sky with balloon's YAYAY