This hot air balloon was part of the Balloon Fest in Simpsonville, South Carolina, on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Photo by Alex Hicks Jr./Spartanburg Herald-Journal via USA Today Network)





This photograph taken from Cordon ski resort near Megeve on February 18, 2024 near Cordon ski resort near Megeve, shows a hot air balloon drifing over the Massif du Mont-Blanc mountains range in the French Alps in France. (Photo by Olivier Chassignole/AFP Photo)





Cool Ray is inflated at Harvey Chapel Missionary Baptist for the competition flight in Canton, Miss., on Friday, June 28, 2024. (Photo by Lauren Witte/Clarion Ledger via USA TODAY Network)





Hot-air balloons are pictured with Montserrat mountain range in the background during the European Balloon Festival in Igualada, northeastern Spain, on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Manaure Quintero/AFP Photo)





A flock of cockatoos fly near hot air balloons as they take to the sky during the Canberra Balloon Spectacular as part of Canberra's Enlighten festival in Canberra, Australia, 09 March 2024. (Photo by Lukas Coch/EPA)





Fifty hot air balloons from various countries, including England, France, Brazil, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Morocco, are prepared to float in the sky during the first day of The European Balloon Festival, the largest hot air balloon event in southern Europe, held in Igualada, Barcelona, Spain on July 11, 2024. The festival is featuring the world premiere of the Space Aerostatic Capsule, a closed and pressurized cabin designed to fly at 20,000 meters altitude, developed by the aerospace company Zero 2 Infinity and adapted by the local company Ultramagic. This capsule is the result of an experimental project inspired by the music producer Burak Yeter, who plans to perform DJ sets at high altitudes. (Photo by Lorena Sopena Lopez/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Hot air balloons glide over the sky during sunrise in Goreme district of Nevsehir, Turkiye on February 26, 2024. Hot air balloon tours providing a bird's eye view of the region, are organized every morning for tourists in Cappadocia, which is on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List as one of the important tourism centers with its natural, historical and cultural heritage. (Photo by Alper Sitki Ersoy/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Crews prepare hot air balloons for the Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloonfest Rush Hour Race at Bowman Field on Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal)





A view of hot air balloons during sunset at Cappadocia in Nevsehir, Turkiye on June 17, 2024. The number of balloon technical personnel increased by 14 per cent last year compared to the previous year, rising from 575 to 654. As of the end of last year, 387 balloon pilots were certified in Turkiye. (Photo by Behcet Alkan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Hot air balloons leave from Innes Common at dawn on the opening day of the Balloons Over Waikato Hot Air Balloon Festival on March 19, 2024 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Now in its 25th year and held annually in Hamilton, the five day event attracts balloonists from New Zealand and around the world. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)





Flight with hot air balloon over Marrakech at sunrise, aerial view of desert and High Atlas Mountains on March 27, 2024. (Photo by Andrea Aigner/Getty Images)





A view of hot air balloons flying over valleys of Cappadocia during sunrise in Goreme district of Nevsehir, Turkiye on April 11, 2024. Local tourists who came to Cappadocia for the Eid al-Fitr holiday showed interest in the balloon tour at sunrise. (Photo by Behcet Alkan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





This photograph taken on February 15, 2024, shows a drifing hot air balloon near the L'aiguille du Midi of the Massif du Mont-Blanc mountain range in the French Alps in France. (Photo by Olivier Chassignole/AFP Photo)





People watch hot air balloons flying over Cappadocia in Nevsehir, Türkiye on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hot air balloons fly over the Teotihuacan pyramids in the San Juan Teotihuacan municipality, Mexico State, during the spring equinox celebration on March 21, 2024. (Photo by Carl de Souza/AFP Photo)