Chrome balloon burner grate with blue flame haze – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Chrome balloon burner grate with blue flame haze in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Chrome balloon burner grate with blue flame haze
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Here the subject is not a balloon in flight but the burner grate itself, a bright chrome frame with a haze of blue gas flame rising from it. Hot-air and gas balloons of the twentieth century relied on these burners to heat the air inside the envelope, and the pilot controlled lift by adjusting the flame, so the grate was the heart of the craft's ascent. The blue burn is a clue to how the system worked: a properly tuned propane flame runs hot and nearly colorless at its core, with the blue haze marking complete combustion. Pictures like this one tend to show the equipment that people rarely see up close, which makes them useful to anyone curious about how ballooning actually got off the ground.
| Original scan | 2,000 × 3,008 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 273082672_c5a480c785_o Heating Up a4qpa |
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