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On a moonlit balloon ride 1,000 feet above Albuquerque, 'It's just so peaceful'

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We revisit Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd’s moonlit ride with the Dawn Patrol during Albuquerque’s annual Balloon Fiesta from last October. 1,000 feet above the city, pilot Matthew Grote explains the wonders of hot air ballooning.

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