Hot air balloon casting a long shadow over trees – Historic Print
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Step back in time with Hot air balloon casting a long shadow over trees, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Hot air balloon casting a long shadow over trees
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A balloon drifts low over a line of trees, and its shadow stretches across the treetops below, the two shapes almost touching. Hot air ballooning took off in the 1780s, when the Montgolfier brothers in France showed that a envelope of heated air could lift people off the ground, and images like this one helped the public picture a sport that was still new and strange. Photographers were drawn to the moment when the sun sits low, because the light turns an ordinary flight into a study of scale and distance. The record gives no date or location, so the scene stands for the broader pleasure of watching a balloon pass over an everyday landscape.
| Original scan | 683 × 1,024 px |
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| Reference | 2509113044_dd635dc3be_b Long Shadows kellyb |
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