Monday, August 3, 2009

do you see what I see?

Earlier this morning we were entertained by this sight.

A little closer...

A lot closer!

If you look close enough you can see the fire. They would ignite it every once in a while to stay aloft. It was a good homeschooling lesson on light traveling faster than sound. We would see the flash, about 5 seconds later here the "whooshing" sound. It would blaze for about 10 seconds. Then the flame would be extinguished, but we could still hear the sound for a few seconds. I can't imagine how loud it must have been up there.

Nice early morning sighting. :)


Until next time...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That would be a cool site.

We have the Good Year Blimp that flies over our house pretty often.

He & Me + 3 said...

Very cool...

Kim @ Homesteader's Heart said...

Something you don't see every day, that's for sure! LOL
Hugs.
Kim

Kat said...

Quite a few years ago there was a hot air balloon show here in town. It was so fascinating. so many unique ones, too. They were giving rides, but not me...scared to death of heights.