Your Photos and Video by Tonia Marshall

These are just a few pictures and video submitted to WW.COM ,with thanks to Tonia Marshall! The balloons pictures and video are of the Balloon festival in Evesham back in the Summer. Balloons are very reliant on the weather , obviously they need light winds ,dry conditions and preferably cool conditions as this aids in the lift of the balloon.
   The Albuquerque balloon festival in New Mexico USA, is one of the biggest festivals in the world, and it has a unique feature , that is called the "Box Effect" and this simply means that balloons can take off and land virtually in the same place thanks to its topography, here is the link to this fascinating effect....http://www.theweatherprediction.com/weatherpapers/107/index.html