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  • 26
    Feb
    2013
    12:12pm, EST

    Hot air balloon crash kills 19 in Egypt

    Hagag Salama / AP

    Egyptians gather at the site of a balloon crash where the debris from the burned gondola rests, outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor on Feb. 26.

    Hagag Salama / AP

    Rescue workers remove a body from the scene of a balloon crash outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor, 320 miles south of Cairo, on Feb. 26.

    By Ayman Mohyeldin, Charlene Gubash and John Newland, NBC News

    Courtesy Christopher Michel

    Balloons float in the air in Luxor before another balloon crashed on Feb. 26.

    A hot air balloon carrying foreign tourists caught on fire while it was in the air near Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, killing 19 people, officials said Tuesday.

    The blazing balloon crashed to the ground early Tuesday morning, Gen. Mamdough Khaled, director of security for Luxor Governorate said in a statement, according to initial reports.

    Khaled said that Luxor International Hospital had received 19 badly burned bodies. Health officials initially said 18 people died, but later said one injured person had succumbed to their injuries. Continue reading.

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    Egyptians work at the site where a a hot air balloon crashed, in a field next to the southern Egyptian town of Luxor, on Feb. 26.

    Ibrahim Zayed / AP

    An Egyptian rescue worker collects remains near the scene of a balloon crash outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor on Feb. 26.

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  • 16
    Nov
    2012
    7:45pm, EST

    Reuters

    Mexico hosts hot-air balloon festival

    Shadows cast from inside a hot air balloon as people make preparations for the International Hot-Air Balloon Festival at the Metropolitan park in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Nov. 16, 2012.

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  • 12
    Nov
    2012
    11:57pm, EST

    Hot air balloons over Bagan at sunrise

    Mark Baker / AP

    Balloons fly across some of the 3,000 Buddhist temples during a sunrise flight in Bagan, Myanmar, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012.

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  • 28
    Jul
    2012
    10:07pm, EDT

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    Hot air balloons dot sky at New Jersey festival

    Hot air balloons are pictured during the 30th annual New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Readington, N.J., July 28.

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  • 17
    Mar
    2012
    6:23pm, EDT

    Hot air balloons above Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico

    Henry Romero / Reuters

    Hot air balloons float above the Pyramid of the Sun of Teotihuacan during the international hot air balloon festival outside Mexico City on Saturday.

    Henry Romero / Reuters

    People watch as hot air balloons float near the Pyramids of Teotihuacan during the international hot air balloon festival outside Mexico City.

    Henry Romero / Reuters

    People prepare a hot air balloon near the Pyramids of Teotihuacan.

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  • 14
    Mar
    2012
    12:00am, EDT

    A view from above during Australia hot air balloon festival

    Lukas Coch / EPA

    View of the Australian Federal Parliament House from a hot air balloon above Canberra, Australia on Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

    Lukas Coch / EPA

    A passenger takes pictures of Parliament House from a hot air balloon in Canberra, Australia on Wednesday.

    Lukas Coch / EPA

    A hot air balloon flying over Canberra, Australia on Wednesday.

    The Balloon Spectacular is one of the major events of the Canberra Festival and is listed as one of the top four hot ballooning events in the world.

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  • 12
    Aug
    2011
    5:57pm, EDT

    Hot air balloons launch in Bristol to start four-day festival

    Matt Cardy / Getty Images

    More than 60 balloons launched at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at the Ashton Court estate on August 12 in Bristol, England. More than 500,000 people are expected to attend the international four-day hot-air ballooning event which should see hundreds of balloons take to the skies. The event, which started in 1978, now attracts balloon teams from as far as the United States, Dubai, France and Switzerland and runs until Sunday.

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    Hot-air balloons fly over the city center during the early morning mass assent on August 12.

    By Chris A Wilson

     England has seen a lot of news lately, and not good news. I thought it was time for some pretty pictures of hot air balloons this Friday afternoon.

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  • 28
    Jul
    2011
    2:40pm, EDT

    Alexandre Marchi / L'est Republicain via AP

    Hot air balloons float in the sky at Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on Wednesday, July 27, during an attempt to set a world record for collective takeoff during the event

    A lot of hot air as balloonists attempt world record in France

    By Elena Grothe

    What a sight! More about yesterday's event here. Guinness World Records slideshow here.

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  • 29
    May
    2011
    12:57pm, EDT

    Maxim Shipenkov / EPA

    A picture made available on May 29 shows the reflection of a hot air balloon in a pond during the sixth Moscow Region Hot Air Balloon Championship in Dmitrov, some 60 km north of Moscow, Russia, May 28. The hot air balloon championship runs from May 25-29.

    Maxim Shipenkov / EPA

    A picture made available on May 29 shows a hot air balloon flying during the sixth Moscow region Hot Air Balloon Championship in Dmitrov, Russia, May 28.

    Balloons take flight at Moscow Region Hot Air Balloon Championship

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  • 10
    Apr
    2011
    6:26pm, EDT

    Martial Trezzini / Keystone via AP

    A hot air balloon in the shape of a beetle takes off during the Montgolfiade festival, celebrating the lives of hot air balloon pioneering brothers, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 10.

    A bug full of hot air takes off in Switzerland

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  • 10
    Jan
    2011
    12:59am, EST

    Lukas Barth / AP

    A visitor is seen through the fabric of a hot air balloon as it is inflated during the 23rd Winter Montgolfiade in Bad Hindelang, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 9.

    A hot air balloon prepares for liftoff in Germany

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    Here's something bright and pretty after looking at too many depressing images this weekend. Enjoy.

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