r/BeAmazed • u/freudian_nipps • Aug 02 '26

Place Hot air balloons depart at dawn over Cappadocia

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u/freudian_nipps Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

It's a real festival held in the Göreme region of Türkiye, this year it began July 30th and ends today. Looks like a dream doesn't it? :)

https://cappadocia-balloon-festival.com/

Edit: It's a real video with a warm filter.

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u/JuanTac0 Aug 02 '26

Whatever you do, don't attack that truck and trailer in front of you until you've leveled up. Looks like it's at full health.

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u/Upstairs_Mycologist7 Aug 02 '26

This comment deserves more recognition lol

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u/Electrical-Web-7552 Aug 02 '26

Thank you, this is going on my bucket list

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u/XPsychoMunkyX Aug 02 '26

This also happens every year in Sonoma County, CA, just in case it’s closer to you than Türkiye ✌🏼

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u/didijeen Aug 02 '26

Come to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta! Happens for two weeks beginning the first weekend in October. It's the largest hot air balloon event in the world!

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u/Ecmelt Aug 02 '26

I hope you visit Cappadocia and you'll see the difference. It is hard to explain it without sounding like an ass saying "mine is better".

Cappadocia is really unique in its terrain and the winds it produces and the legal framework that allows pilots to do otherwise "risky and illegal" moves (in other parts of the World). Not to mention because it is not a festival but a year-round thing, the whole region is built around this. It is highly immersive as experiences go.

Written by a biased Turkish guy. :P

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u/JoeHTP Aug 02 '26

Been lucky enough to balloon in Cappadocia, it’s an incredible experience. It’s not just the ballooning, it’s the cave hotels, underground cities, great food and great people. Still one of my favorite trips ever

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u/didijeen Aug 03 '26

I believe you! I am sure it is worth visiting. Albuquerque has balloons up all the time, not just for Fiesta. They are part of our culture. We grew up with the balloons. We have lost people in our balloons. They are US, part of our identity. Have you been to Albuquerque? Have YOU seen the difference? My good friend Tómas, whom I met when he was a German foreign exchange student in high school back in 1988, still comes here to fly. It was the whole reason he came to New Mexico, because his dad was a pilot and flew. And here we are all these many years later and he still comes. To the biggest hot air balloon event in the world. He runs the gas balloon race. Albuquerque is special-you may not know it, but WE do. 💙

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u/pasrachilli Aug 02 '26

I wouldn't say Albuquerque is without its charms. The reason Albuquerque has such a large ballooning event is from its unique winds, as well.

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u/Redebo Aug 02 '26

This event is spectacular.

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u/Electrical-Web-7552 Aug 03 '26

I live in NZ so they're both pretty far for me, but I do appreciate your suggestion, I will keep that in mind

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u/Automatic-Plate-8966 Aug 02 '26

It’s been on my bucket list for years. There’s a lot of amazing ruins there too.

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u/Electrical-Web-7552 Aug 03 '26

Ooooh I love ruins

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u/VirginiaBandit Aug 02 '26

The warm filter threw me, I guess. Thanks for the explanation.

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u/electrikblues Aug 02 '26

Actually it isn’t only during the festival - this happens every day with suitable wind conditions. We did it and took off from exactly here in October.

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u/Classic_and_Vintage Aug 02 '26

But this video is not from this year as I’ve seen it posted many years ago on Reddit

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u/Cletus7Seven Aug 03 '26

They also just do this every single morning that the weather permits. I did it back it 2018. A lot of people go here for this as a travel destination, including myself in 2018. It was amazing

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u/Gregorygregory888888 Aug 02 '26

Good to hear. I'd love to visit this scene.

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u/Hot420gravy Aug 03 '26

The drive looks incredibly distracting. Beautiful though.

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u/renome Aug 03 '26

I would crash so hard if I was driving there during that festival.

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u/RabbitWithCoffee Aug 03 '26

Was there too this year.. one of the most beautiful mornings on my trip ✨

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u/Vassar-Longfellow Aug 02 '26

If true, this is utterly amazing. But somehow in this day and age, my first thought is that this has got to be AI. Even some of the balloons have light effects? Never seen that. But... if true, would be amazing to see in person.

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u/freudian_nipps Aug 02 '26

Those aren't light effects, those are the burners/blast valves

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u/Vassar-Longfellow Aug 03 '26

Wow. Yes, now that you mention it, it does look like it. Very cool effect. Also, slightly surprised I'm in the negative with my previous comment. I mean I don't know about ballooning (if that's what it's even called). Just voicing my uncertainty about something being real. With the quality and amount of AI videos that are out there, I don't think that's an unreasonable concern, so the downvotes seems, well, unexpected.