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Balloons Over Paradise 2012

See larger Scott McIntyre/Staff Jon Thompson works to inflate the RE/MAX balloon before the sun rises at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.

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Scott McIntyre/Staff Jon Thompson works to inflate the RE/MAX balloon before the sun rises at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.

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  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Shellie Neubauer works to get her balloon, Spirit of Sunrise, inflated during the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Before the sun rises, people watch as balloons begin to inflate at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Christine Cook gets her camera ready to photograph a hot air balloon alongside her husband Cliff Cook at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Balloons Over Paradise festival attendees walk throughout the hot air balloon filled field at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Before the sun rises, people watch as balloons begin to inflate at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Jon Thompson works to inflate the RE/MAX balloon before the sun rises at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Jon Thompson, center, inflates the RE/MAX balloon with the help of Ed Long, left, and Michael McCleery before the sun rises at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Before the sun rises, people watch as balloons begin to inflate at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Sara Stukas, center, looks on from her family's trailer as her father Dan Stukas inflates their hot air balloon, Miss Daisy, at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Annie Eyer keeps her 19-month-old grand daughter Jade Eyer close as they take in all of the balloons being inflated at sunrise during the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Ethan Manos hangs on tight as he helps to keep a balloon stable during the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff As the sun rises, Kathryn Barnett takes in all of the balloons being inflated at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Scenes from the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Shellie Neubauer works to get her balloon, Spirit of Sunrise, inflated during the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Jordan Martinez, 5, right, points out to the balloons being inflated to his parents Eric Martinez and Rosa Martinez as well as his siblings Eric Jr. and Aniyah, 2, at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Andre Charles, right, looks on as a flame inflates a balloon that he and his teammates on the Ave Maria University football team are helping to keep still at the the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Robert Green helps to keep the Spirit of Sunrise balloon steady as it is inflated at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Dallas Bokop snaps a photo of the inflated balloons at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Barry Meltzer looks towards the light of the flame that is inflating the Flying Purple People Eater balloon at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Scenes from the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.
  • Scott McIntyre/Staff Jon Thompson, center, inflates the RE/MAX balloon with the help of Ed Long, left, and Michael McCleery before the sun rises at the Balloons Over Paradise festival at Immokalee Regional Airport on Saturday morning. The festival is running on Saturday and Sunday with over 30 hot air balloons, live music, and other festivities.

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