From the perspective of the Freedom Flight V POW/MIA balloon, balloons sail over north Walla Walla, Wash.,, during The 46th Annual Balloon Stampede, Thursday, Oct,ober 20, 2022. (Photo by Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP Photo)





A crew inflates a hot air balloon during the Expo Transporte at La Carlota air base in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, December 9, 2022. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





The Dawn Treader, piloted by Laurie Spencer, glides up with a blast of fire during the tethered rides Kid Day at the 46th Annual Balloon Stampede in Walla Walla, Wash., Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The event goes through the weekend. (Photo by Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP Photo)





Balloons are seen from the air as they prepare for flight during the Heritage Inn International Balloon Festival near High River, Alta., Thursday, September 22, 2022. (Photo by Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)





Thousands of people attend the “Magic Night” event in Mexico City, Mexico, 22 October 2022. The Zocalo of the Mexican capital was the setting for the launch of the Leon International Balloon Festival; attendees enjoyed the inflation and deployment of eight hot air balloons, as a sample of the show scheduled for November in the city of León, state of Guanajuato. (Photo by Isaac Esquivel/EPA/EFE)





Hot Air Balloon during the 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2022 on September 20, 2022 in Murska Sobota, Slovenia. (Photo by Mario Skraban/Getty Images)





Hot air balloons glide over Nevsehir, Turkiye on November 28, 2022. 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. Between January and November, 629 thousand 283 tourists visited Cappadocia this year. (Photo by Behcet Alkan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Hot air balloons soar over fields during the Heritage Inn International Balloon Festival near High River, Alta., Thursday, September 22, 2022. (Photo by Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)





Hot air balloons glide over the sky at sunrise in Goreme district of Nevsehir, Turkiye on October 03, 2022. 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 Behcet Alkan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Hot Air Balloon during the 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2022 on September 20, 2022 in Murska Sobota, Slovenia. (Photo by Mario Skraban/Getty Images)





Hot air balloon pilots Joe Leahy, left and Tom McCormack in preperation before flying from Birr Castle during the 50th Irish Hot Air Ballooning Championships on September 25, 2022. The Irish championships are the longest running balloning championships in the world. (Photo by Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times)





Dozens of balloons participate in the International Balloon Festival (FIG) in Leon, Mexico, 18 November 2022. The International Balloon Festival began its activities in its 21st edition, with the participation of more than 200 hot air balloons from different countries that takes place annually in the city of Leon, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. (Photo by Luis Ramirez/EPA/EFE)





Ballooning enthusiasts fly their hot-air balloons in the sky near the settlement of Garni in the Kotayk region of Armenia during the “Discover Armenia from the sky” international ballooning festival, with Mount Ararat seen in the background, on October 12, 2022. Participants from Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Poland and Russia take part in the festival. (Photo by Karen Minasyan/AFP Photo)





Hot air balloons are displayed during an exhibition, in Caracas, Venezuela, 09 December 2022. The Government of Venezuela inaugurated an international transport exhibition to attract investment for a sector that has almost been paralyzed for the past five years but has begun to show signs of recovery this year. Venezuela has one of the most obsolete vehicle fleets in Latin America.. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/EPA/EFE)





Thousands attended the Maryland Hot Air Balloon Festival at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland on September 17, 2022. A balloon takes flight as the flames create the hot air needed to keep the balloon in the air just after the sun set at the hot air balloon festival. The annual balloon festival features lots of hot air balloons (balloon rides are available) that glow at night with the added drama of a laser light show with the balloons as the canvas.(Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)