Photo gallery: Balloons, balloons and more balloons
Published 10:09 am Saturday, October 18, 2014
Hot-air balloons fly over the Mississippi River during the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race Saturday morning. (Sam Gause/The Natchez Democrat)
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Hot balloon fly over the Mississippi River during the Great Mississippi Balloon Race Saturday morning. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Gary Mophett takes pictures of hot air balloons as the float through the sky during the Great Mississippi Balloon Race Saturday morning. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ryan Floyd, 5, helps deflate the POW-MIA hot air balloon during the Great Mississippi Balloon Race Saturday morning. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Steve Nixon, left, goes for a ride in Charles Venable’s hot air balloon during the Great Mississippi Balloon Race Saturday morning. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Hot balloon fly over the Mississippi River during the Great Mississippi Balloon Race Saturday morning. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ellie Norwood, 6, watches with awe Friday night as the balloons glow on the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race festival site. Crowds filled the site for the annual event. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Parker mCConnell and Will McConnell watch the balloons inflate Friday night at the festival site (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Maggi Polk and Lindsay Buttross take a selfie with balloons in the background Friday night at the festival site (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ellie Norwood watches the balloons Friday night. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Shelby Nettles watches the balloons inflate on the festival site Friday night. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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A hot air balloon flies during Friday morning’s media flight of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Charles Venable inflates his hot air balloon during Friday morning’s media flight of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Hot air balloons fly during Friday morning’s media flight of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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A Natchez High School students walks through the Natchez High School parking lot as seen from a hot air balloon during Friday morning’s media flight of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Hot air balloon pilot Charles Venable tests the burner on his hot air balloon during Friday morning’s media flight of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Jaime Chaffin, left, and Maria Lambert, right, help unroll Charles Venable’s hot air balloon during Friday morning’s media flight of the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ballons lift off from the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University and Copiah-Lincoln Community College. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ballons lift off from the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University and Copiah-Lincoln COmmunity College. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Bill Cunningham flies in as the hare balloon in Friday morning’s race. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Robert and Sally Upton’s Jester Balloon begins to inflate at the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Natchez campus Friday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ballons lift off from the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University and Copiah-Lincoln Community College. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ballons lift off from the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University and Copiah-Lincoln Community College. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ballons lift off from the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University and Copiah-Lincoln Community College. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ballons lift off from the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University and Copiah-Lincoln Community College. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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Ballons lift off from the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University and Copiah-Lincoln Community College. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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The sun rises over the Mississippi River levee near the Vidalia Bungee grain elevator as crews wait for hot-air balloon pilot Jason Gaines to take off and fly across the Mississippi River bridges to downtown Natchez Thursday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
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