c/FloatingIsFun · by hitstun@feddit.online · 250dLooking Down Onto Fish Balloon and Crowds Lining Street During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by John Phillips Fine Art America, Art.com, Fandom #balloons 41 points · 8 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
What year was this?
hitstun@feddit.online · 3 pts · 250d
1941. The 1941 parade was this goldfish balloon's only appearance. After this, the US entered World War II and this balloon was among the 650 pounds of rubber Goodyear donated to the military.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
Thank you for the explanation. That's sad for it's fate. It was beautiful wonder what it looked like in color?
hitstun@fedia.io · 3 pts · 250d
Yellow and orange.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
Damn that's cool! Thanks again for sharing.
MattW03@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 250d
Not AI. Nice photo 👌
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 250d
This looks so surreal, like it was taken by an electron microscope. Super cool!
hitstun@feddit.online · 1 pts · 249d
Yeah, the early giant balloons were built different. Here's some getting released into the sky.