Watch live as hot air balloons fill the skies above New Mexico during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta on Monday 9 October.
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings colorful displays to the New Mexico sky in the international event, which attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators every year.
A spectacular drone light show before sunrise started the event on Saturday. This was followed by a mass ascension of hot air balloons.
The festival is held over nine days. Visitors will be treated to an array of colourful and special-shaped balloons.
The annual gathering has become a major economic driver for the state’s biggest city.
The Rio Grande and nearby mountains provide spectacular backdrops to the fiesta that began with a few pilots launching 13 balloons from an open lot near a shopping centre in 1972.
