Cluster Ballooning 0001 - John Ninomiya floats over the San Joaquin Valley near Coalinga, California

John Ninomiya, a cluster balloonist rises to 4500 feet above the San Joaquin valley near Coalinga, California site of the 37th annual Whamobass (Whiskey Hill, Atherton, Menlo Oaks Ballooning and Sporting Society, the longest continuously running ballooning festival in the world. Cutting Balloons away to descend and dumping water from water containers by his side to rise Ninomiya can control his altitute and to an extent, his direction of travel.

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John Ninomiya, a cluster balloonist rises to 4500 feet above the San Joaquin valley near Coalinga, California site of the 37th annual Whamobass (Whiskey Hill, Atherton, Menlo Oaks Ballooning and Sporting Society, the longest continuously running ballooning festival in the world. Cutting Balloons away to descend and dumping water from water containers by his side to rise Ninomiya can control his altitute and to an extent, his direction of travel.