An airminded surprise

1 September 2009 in Aircraft, Australia, Pictures by Brett Holman | 4 comments

An airminded surprise

While walking home tonight I saw something unexpected.

An airminded surprise

A tethered balloon hanging in the twilight sky.

A airminded surprise

I happened to have my new camera with me.

An airminded surprise

So I took a few shots.

An airminded surprise

Nothing too exciting, just an advertising/aerial photography balloon (actually, I think an airship sans engines) on a demonstration flight. But a nice airminded surprise nonetheless.

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  1. Heath’s avatar

    Heath on 1 September 2009 at 10:40 pm

    Love the colours in the first shot…

  2. Jakob’s avatar

    Jakob on 2 September 2009 at 6:20 am

    Something about the colours in the first shot, and then the moon hanging next to the airship reminds me of minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic… just as well you don’t live in Woking!

  3. Ross Mahoney’s avatar

    Ross Mahoney on 2 September 2009 at 8:31 pm

    ‘From Terror Bombing to Advertising: A History of the Airship’

    I am sure there is a book there to be written!

  4. Brett Holman’s avatar

    Brett Holman on 4 September 2009 at 11:02 pm

    Heath:

    Gotta love atmospheric particulates!

    Jakob:

    If I see Martian war-tripods striding down the street I won’t be stopping to take photos.

    Ross:

    There could be something in that …