Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

Okay, these are posted a bit late, but post-processing took a whole lot longer than expected...

For those who don't know, the city of New York inflates the Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons the night before the parade. So in 30 degree weather, I trekked up to 81st & Columbus to check out the grand event that precedes the grand event.

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Link to another guy's gallery whose pictures are so similar to mine it's scary...