Hot air balloons bring color over snowy Alps in Swiss festival

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Hot air balloons bring color over snowy Alps in Swiss festival  Colorful hot air balloons dot the cloudy sky above the Swiss Alpine town of Chateau-d'Oex on Jan. 30, 2025 during the 45th edition of its annual festival. The nine-day celebration will end on Feb. 2 and is bringing together 65 pilots from various countries. The festival, created in 1979, features hot air balloons in special shapes, as well as air displays, demonstrations, a night show and other activities for families.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #switzerland #hotairballoonfestival

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00:00as height of the jump continues to make its way across the sky.

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00:24every time is different and I it's obviously with 16 passengers I can share

00:54my passion with everybody it really is a passion because sometimes during the

00:59summer we wake up at 3 o'clock in the morning to get the weather and meet

01:05passengers at 6 and we have to fly very early in the summer because the thermal

01:11effect that the sun creates it's now I've been flying since 1991 in 32

01:22countries yeah but I love flying here in the in the mountains in the Alps

03:11It was the first place in the pre-Alps that balloons were flying and they found that

03:19because it has its own little micro climber it's a stable area for balloons

03:26to fly

03:41I'm going to try the longest one

03:43but really in the center of the site if you can

03:45Thank you!

03:57Thank you!

03:59Is it ok?

04:01It's 2.5 km to the top

04:03and we are behind them

04:19so the heat of the balloon is melting the cloud and it's snowing

04:31It's snowing but it's going down

05:02it's very cold

05:04it's very cold

05:06it's very cold

05:08it's very cold

05:20We are going to the mountain

05:22so we can ride the bike

05:31He's going to help us after.

05:57I think we're good to go.

06:19I think we're good to go.

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