Participants prepare balloons during the 43rd International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 24, 2023. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Balloons take part in the 43rd International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 24, 2023. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





A paraglider floats above a balloon, as it takes part in the 36th Italian International Balloon Grand Prix in Gualdo Cattaneo, near Perugia, Italy on July 29, 2023. (Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters)





A hot air balloon lifts off during the 40th annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport in Readington, New Jersey, on July 28, 2023. The festival, held from July 28-30, features mass ascensions of up to one hundred balloons twice a day, in addition to music, entertainment, and a drone light show. (Photo by Julia Nikhinson/AFP Photo)





A “Slick the Dragon” balloon rises into the sky above Ragley Hall, Alcester, south of Birmingham in central England on June 4, 2023, during an early morning ascent on the final day of the Midlands Air Festival. (Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP Photo)





The Pyramid of the Moon is seen on the day of the spring equinox as hot air balloons float above the pre-hispanic city of Teotihuacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on March 20, 2023. (Photo by Henry Romero/Reuters)





Hot air balloons are suspended at the Esplanade of Ministries complex during a cultural festival in Brasilia, Brazil, at sunrise Friday, March 31, 2023. (Photo by Eraldo Peres/AP Photo)





Blooming trees are seen as hot air balloons glide through the sky in the historical Cappadocia region, located in Central Anatolia's Nevsehir province, Turkiye on March 21, 2023. (Photo by Behcet Alkan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A hot air balloon rises into the sky above Ragley Hall, Alcester, south of Birmingham in central England on June 4, 2023, during an early morning ascent on the final day of the Midlands Air Festival. (Photo by Paul Ellis/AFP Photo)





Tourists take part in hot air balloon rides on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Cappadocia of Nevsehir, Turkiye on April 21, 2023. (Photo by Behcet Alkan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Hot air balloons inflate and tether from Bristol Harbourside in the early morning on Thursday, July 20, 2023 as the countdown begins to the 2023 Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at Ashton Court Estate in August. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)





Hot air balloons take off from Ashton Court estate, UK on August 7, 2023 for the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta media launch preview for the Fiesta which takes place from this Thursday 10 August to Sunday 13 August. (Photo by Simon Chapman/London News Pictures)





A person takes part in the 36th edition of the Brazilian Hot Air Balloon Championship in Boituva, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 17 June 2023. (Photo by Sebastiao Moreira/EPA)





A large number of Indonesians congregate at the hot air balloon festival site at in Wonosobo on April 23, 2023, to celebrate the lengthy Eid al-Fitr holiday with their families. (Photo by Devi Rahman/AFP Photo)





Balloons light up as they are tethered to the ground as they take part in the night glow during the Isle of Wight Balloon Festival at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight, England on Saturday, May 27, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)