12 Awesome Hot-air Balloons

A hot-air balloon made to look like a house being carried by thousands of helium balloons, based on the animated movie ‘Up,' was seen at a world gathering of hot air balloons on the former NATO air base of Chambley, France. (Link)


Benoit Lambert -- member of the Belgian 501st Legion Fan Wars Garrison -- takes over the skies in his amazing Darth Vader hot air balloon.


A funny green monster hot-air balloon. (Link)




The Shrek balloon makes its way through Times Square during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Nov. 27, 2008. (Link)


A hot air balloon, shaped and sized to resemble the Space Shuttle, drifts over Ottawa. (Link)


A Mike Wazowski hot-air balloon from Monsters, Inc. (Link)


A giant cake during the hot-air balloon festival in Chambley, France. (Link)


Amazing Nescafe mug hot air Balloon. (Link)


A Rugrats Balloon during the Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York City. (Link)


First battery powered hot-air balloons? In this case we hope they don't run out of batteries. (Link)


A large beer mug in Chumbley, France. Pitifully is not full of real beer. (Link)


Arthur Balloon in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York City. (Link)