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the sun rises behind an early-morning-launched balloon at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival in New Mexico

Since we launch on our balloon ride before dawn, we get to see sunrise behind a neighbor balloon. Our landing is fun too: on a private golf course in a plush Albuquerque suburb. One of our passengers asks the gawking local residents if we could drop in for a cup of coffee -- but no luck.