African Safari 2001 - Serengeti Balloon Ride

©2001-2022 Alvy Ray Smith (Ars Longa). All rights reserved. All images made with Nikon D1X digital camera.

These are shots made from a balloon over the Serengeti, a remarkable business enterprise in the African bush and a joy to its customers - to this one, at least. All shots were made 19 Aug 2001 over the central Serengeti in Tanzania. There were two balloons, so the balloon in several of these shots is the other balloon, seen from mine.

Balloon Behind Branches (c) Alvy Ray Smith Firing Up Balloons at Dawn (c) Alvy Ray Smith
Balloon Before Landing (c) Alvy Ray Smith Spectral Balloon Landscape (c) Alvy Ray Smith
Painterly Pond Abstract (c) Alvy Ray Smith Hippos from Above (c) Alvy Ray Smith
Balloon Before Landing Vertical (c) Alvy Ray Smith Spectral Balloon Landscape Vertical (c) Alvy Ray Smith
Buffalo and Balloon from Grasstop (c) Alvy Ray Smith Waterbuck from Balloon (c) Alvy Ray Smith