The Albuquerque Box-
The Albuquerque Box is what makes Albuquerque an ideal location for hot air ballooning. It was discovered and studied that during the month of October the Albuquerque Box is present 30% of the time.
So what is this Box you ask. During the night time hours the ground air is cooled. This causes the air to usually flow at about 10MPH to the south. This cooler air is trapped beneath a layer of warmer air. The warmer air will be traveling in the opposite direction or to the north. So a balloon can travel South in the cool air, then ascend to a higher altitude and ride the northbound warm air back to the launch location.
The Box was amazing this morning for the Mass Ascension. Here are just a few shots, I will eventually have many more up on https://soggymoosephoto.smugmug.com/ when time allows.
The Albuquerque Box is what makes Albuquerque an ideal location for hot air ballooning. It was discovered and studied that during the month of October the Albuquerque Box is present 30% of the time.
So what is this Box you ask. During the night time hours the ground air is cooled. This causes the air to usually flow at about 10MPH to the south. This cooler air is trapped beneath a layer of warmer air. The warmer air will be traveling in the opposite direction or to the north. So a balloon can travel South in the cool air, then ascend to a higher altitude and ride the northbound warm air back to the launch location.
The Box was amazing this morning for the Mass Ascension. Here are just a few shots, I will eventually have many more up on https://soggymoosephoto.smugmug.com/ when time allows.
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