images and text from photojournalist Chris Mackler

Balloon Glow

Some fun at an annual event where they light up six hot air balloons at dusk.


Mike Peiffer holds open a hot air balloon named The Tinker-Too to let the air in at the Balloon Glow held on the grounds of the Brucemore Mansion on Thursday, June 25, 2009. The event was part of the Freedom Festival. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).

From left to right, Jim Thomas, Joan Nickol, Carla Huber and David Peiffer stabilize a hot air balloon named The Tinker-Too during the beginning of the Balloon Glow held on the grounds of the Brucemore Mansion on Thursday, June 25, 2009. The event was part of the Freedom Festival. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).

Hot air balloons glow in the sky at the Balloon Glow held on the grounds of the Brucemore Mansion on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Six hot air balloons participated in the event. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).

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