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Balloons flying over the city viewed by a couple from the Terrace
Watchtower in Warsaw, Poland.
A balloon is a flexible bag filled with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide or air. Early balloons were made of dried animal bladders. Modern balloons can be made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene or a nylon fabric.
The first balloon was invented by Brazilian-born Portuguese priest, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, and the first public exhibition was to the Portuguese Court on August 8, 1709, in the hall of the Casa da India in Lisbon. The rubber balloon was invented by Michael Faraday in 1824. The more familiar latex balloons of today were first manufactured in London, 1847, by J.G. Ingram but mass production did not occur until the 1930s.
The word balloon was originally derived from the French word ballon, meaning large ball. This was in turn probably from the latin ballone, but another possible source for it was balla, meaning ball, from Old High German. And viewed large you can read 'taras widokowy' the Polish for 'Terrace Watchtower'.
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BikBik 64 months ago | reply
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Mahathir Mohamed Salleh 64 months ago | reply
Your Photo Wins a Heart
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Armagan Orki 64 months ago | reply
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Vivian S. Bedoya 64 months ago | reply
In my limited Polski - bardzo dobrze!
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Helgi Halldórsson/Freddi 64 months ago | reply
Stunning capture!!!
Sir Cam 64 months ago | reply
a well timed capture:-)
olga_rashida 64 months ago | reply
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AndrewFarie 64 months ago | reply
sweet! nice picture.
trikeratops 61 months ago | reply
so full of wonder :D
Kadie H [deleted] 60 months ago | reply
Wow. This must have been so gorgeous to see!
Considering how nice it is to look at over the internet! :)
`^Ashepsut^` [deleted] 59 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Heart Child, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Damndfool 54 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Everything Outdoors, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Smoedak 51 months ago | reply
Looks like a still from an HP cartridge ad!
denise ! :) [deleted] 48 months ago | reply
<3
anna.list 37 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Up!!!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
meltedcheese 24 months ago | reply
The balloons look like hundreds-and-thousands! Nice shot.
antarctica246 24 months ago | reply
Long live the colors!!!
I I love bright colors