Natchez Balloon Festival spectators were treated to a light show Friday night during the annual balloon glow. The light from Friday evening’s sunset casts shadows of festival goers on one of the balloons that inflated on the site. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

Brandi Colbert played around with a friend to find the right position to have a photograph of her made to look like she is breathing fire during the event. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

Having grown up in a family of balloonists, Devon Poole is not as captivated by the balloon glow as those who have seen it for the first time. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)

(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)