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It was a sunny day and everyone was happy. My crew and I was preparing to inflate a big smiley balloon. It...

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We had never done it before, so it required a lot of thinking, re-thinking and just sitting silently and not thinking at all.

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But soon we managed to shape it up! That´s me hugging the smiley. It wanted to be hugged.

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Very soon the smiley was trying to leave us.

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Not quite smiling yet, but soon there.

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We wouldn´t let it go just yet.

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Now it´s filled with over 150 liters of helium, and it wants to fly, bursting with happiness.

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At full inflation the smiley measures 400 x 400 x 250 cm.

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The Smiley is tied to the top of a metal rod 3 meter above ground level.

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At last in the air, approximately 8 meter above the ground.

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The Smiley seen from a distance, bobbing slightly from side to side in the wind.

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I am so happy to be up in the air! Thank you.

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And look at all the people coming just to see me!

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I wonder what all these people are doing here. They look so busy.

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The next morning I woke up with the message that the Smiley was gone! The local newspaper ran a story,...

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The next day I took some pictures of the site to document what had happened. During the night before I...

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As this picture shows, the line fastened to the balloon was intact. What must have happened was that one...

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Here is where the carabiner hook was fastened to the tether line.

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