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Gallery: 2013 Lorraine Mondial hot air balloon festival in France

By Irene Ogrodnik Global News
Posted August 1, 2013 10:08 am
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TORONTO – More than 400 hot air balloons took off in France in an effort to break the world record for a mass take off.

A total of 408 balloons took to the skies from a former Nato base in Chambley, France during the Lorraine Mondial International hot air balloon festival.

Previous attempts at breaking the record at the annual festival have been hampered by bad weather.

Below is a look at the 2013 Lorraine Mondial International hot air balloon festival in France: 

Hot air-balloons fly over Chambley-Bussières, eastern France, on August 1, 2013 as part of the yearly event ‘Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons’, an international air-balloon meeting. (Getty Images) View image in full screen
Hot air-balloons fly over Chambley-Bussières, eastern France, on August 1, 2013 as part of the yearly event ‘Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons’, an international air-balloon meeting. (Getty Images). JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images
Hot air-balloons are about to fly over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, before the world record attempt of the biggest line with 391 balloons on August 1, 2013.  (Getty Images) View image in full screen
Hot air-balloons are about to fly over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, before the world record attempt of the biggest line with 391 balloons on August 1, 2013.  (Getty Images). Getty Images
Hot-air balloons rise over a field of sunflowers as they fly over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. (Getty Images) View image in full screen
Hot-air balloons rise over a field of sunflowers as they fly over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. (Getty Images). Getty Images
A woman looks at hot-air balloons flying over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. (Getty Images) View image in full screen
A woman looks at hot-air balloons flying over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. (Getty Images). Getty Images
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A hot-air balloon shaped as a giant bee is filled with air before flyingover Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. (Getty Images)

Hot-air balloons are pictured from a control tower while flying over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. (Getty Images) View image in full screen
Hot-air balloons are pictured from a control tower while flying over Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 31, 2013. (Getty Images). Getty Images
A hot air-balloon flies over Xonville, eastern France, on August 1, 2013 as part of the yearly event ‘Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons’, an international air-balloon festival. (Getty Images) View image in full screen
A hot air-balloon flies over Xonville, eastern France, on August 1, 2013 as part of the yearly event ‘Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons’, an international air-balloon festival. (Getty Images). Getty Images
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