Qatar's fifth annual hot air balloon festival

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The skies over Qatar&#x27;s Mesaieed city were alive with vibrant colors during the last day of the country&#x27;s fifth annual hot air balloon festival that ended its magical run on Saturday (December 21).The festival featured 60 balloons from all over the world, captivating locals and visitors alike with their various shapes and themes.&quot;Each year the event has grown and grown, and this year we&#x27;ve had more special shapes than any other year before, and it&#x27;s been a fantastic week of flying,&quot; said festival organizer Lee Hooper.The final day offered appropriate weather to allow balloons to soar over sand dunes.&quot;We&#x27;ve been doing flights all throughout the week from Doha, but the winds today were very special, so it allowed us to come down to the sand dunes and do a flight through the sand dunes, which is very exciting for people who don&#x27;t see sand dunes regularly in their own country,&quot; added Hooper.The festival ran from December 12 to December 21.<div>(Production: Bassam Masoud, Mohammed Benmansour)</div>

The skies over Qatar's Mesaieed city were alive with vibrant colors during the last day of the country's fifth annual hot air balloon festival that ended its magical run on Saturday (December 21).

The skies over Qatar's Mesaieed city were alive with vibrant colors during the last day of the country's fifth annual hot air balloon festival that ended its magical run on Saturday (December 21).

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Published Dec 23, 2024 12:56 AM PHT

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