Cappadocia: Dawn at Sunsets and Hot Air Balloons for the First Time

Live blogger melfice-abk writes: On this day, the morning began, not as usual. The sun had not yet risen, and we were already on our feet. The hands on the clock pointed to 5:45 local time. The territory has been explored. Sunset Place performed very well at sunset, but at dawn I got fantastic results. The sky during this time was painted in all the colors of the rainbow.

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1. First, we climbed to the top to take pictures of the predawn city in the night lights. It was worth getting up this early just for that.

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3. Uchisar is visible in the distance.

4. Since the dawn was planned on the other side, we went to look for a more convenient point on the opposite side of the ridge. And I even managed to take a few shots before something moving in the valley came into view. In the head, as if a toggle switch was clicked, and right there, the eye began to cling to the balloons laid out on the ground! Some of them were just a limp rag, some were already beginning to take shape. Gradually, the balls from a lying position began to move to a standing position.

5. Here is such a light bulb.

6. In the meantime, dawn flared up in the background. And I rushed between the sun and the new favorites of filming.

7. The balloon I was watching started to take off. And no, you didn’t guess or didn’t guess, imagining how smoothly, a meter per minute, this miracle creeps up. The balloon took off at the speed of a rocket! At least it seemed so to me, because I also expected him to climb up at a snail's pace. A few minutes later, the sky began to fill with new balloons. The account stopped at the third ten - then there was no longer enough patience or time.

8. Ortahisar at sunset. From here it seems that it is “within a stone's throw”. In fact, it is about five kilometers away.

9. I wonder what's going on here in the season when the demand for balloons is many times higher. For this alone it is worth coming here.

10. Most likely it was at this moment that the idea began to emerge that it was worth riding a ball. Although I was initially skeptical.

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14. And the sky at that time was already painted in gold.

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16. Often the balls sank quite low into the crevices or to the houses of the city.

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18. Such flights between the rocks and hooked the most. After all, it is much more interesting than just hanging out a few hundred meters above the ground.

19. Going down to the bus station, we met another sunrise.