Balloon Festival Panorama
by Jan Mulherin
Title
Balloon Festival Panorama
Artist
Jan Mulherin
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography - Enhanced
Description
This panorama was taken along the Androscoggin River just after sunrise during the 2018 Great Falls Balloon Festival in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine.
Established in 1992 by a group of business people, civic leaders and friends, the Great Falls Balloon Festival is a weekend-long celebration featuring hot air balloons, food and entertainment.
With the support of local businesses, an army of volunteers and the cooperative efforts of the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, the festival has gained a national reputation as a first-class event and is a destination for many visitors to the state of Maine.
Based at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston—with additional entertainment and food offerings at Festival Plaza in Auburn—the festival attracts approximately 100,000 visitors throughout the weekend. The Androscoggin River and rocky Great Falls provide a picturesque setting for the dozens of balloons that visit each year, including some special shape balloons. With free admission, hundreds of thousands of dollars raised by participating non-profits and economic impact in excess of $2,000,000, it’s easy to see why our community eagerly anticipates the festival each year.
The keywords associated with this image are hot-air, balloon, balloons, festival, panorama, Androscoggin, river, trees, bridge, Lewiston, Auburn, Maine, New England, festival, boats, kayaks, Jan Mulherin.
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August 21st, 2018
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Comments (45)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread as well as any other thread in which it would fit!
Claudia M Photography
Fabulous image, Jan! You were lucky, I was there Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, but not many balloons took off, you were in a great spot there! Love it! l/f :)
Sandra Huston
Absolutely gorgeous Jan, congrats on your front page feature in the group: New England Photographs! l/f
HH Photography of Florida
A beautiful morning atmosphere with the hot air balloons rising above the Maine landscape. Wonderful capture, Jan. L/tw