Balloon fiesta a success despite delayed start

Hundreds of balloons took to the skies above Albuquerque in a mass launch at the annual hot-air balloon festival.  
Sunday morning's launches at the 41st Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta came a day later than expected because high winds grounded flights on Saturday. 
Early "dawn patrol" launches were followed by two waves of mass ascensions. Traditional balloons were joined by others shaped like Darth Vader, Cosmo the Astronaut and superheros. 
Fiesta spokesman Tom Garrity says nearly 500 balloons floated north and east of the west Albuquerque event site. The last were landing at about 10 a.m.


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