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Hot air balloons take off on Sunday morning from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. After four failed launches, balloon pilots were finally given the go-ahead to fly. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Video: The balloons actually launched Sunday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival

Hot air balloons take off on Sunday morning from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. After four failed launches, balloon pilots were finally given the go-ahead to fly. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Sun Journal Audience Engagement Editor Nina Mahaleris peeks out of the basket of a hot air balloon on Sunday morning before launching from Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons take off on Sunday morning from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. After four failed launches, balloon pilots were finally given the go-ahead to fly. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
A hot air balloon floats through the sky over Lewiston on Sunday morning during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

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Hot air balloons take off on Sunday morning from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. After four failed launches, balloon pilots were finally given the go-ahead to fly. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons take to the sky on Sunday morning from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the first successful launch of the three-day festival. Poor weather conditions canceled the previous four launches. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons take to the sky on Sunday morning from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the first successful launch of the three-day festival. Poor weather conditions canceled the previous four launches. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A hot air balloon floats on Sunday morning over Lewiston after taking off from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the first successful launch of the three-day festival. Poor weather conditions grounded the previous four attempts. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons float on Sunday morning over Lewiston after taking off from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the first successful launch of the three-day festival. Poor weather conditions grounded the previous four attempts. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons float on Sunday morning over Lewiston after taking off from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the first successful launch of the three-day festival. Poor weather conditions grounded the previous four attempts. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons float on Sunday morning over Lewiston after taking off from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the first successful launch of the three-day festival. Poor weather conditions grounded the previous four attempts. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A hot air balloon drifts on Sunday morning past Lewiston landmarks during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The Scarecrow hot air balloon floats through the sky on Sunday morning over Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The specialty balloon “Little D” lands on Sunday morning in the upper parking lot at Lewiston High School. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
The Scarecrow hot air balloon prepares to lay down Sunday morning in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ Dillingham stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. During summer breaks he worked in the press and composing rooms at...

Andree Kehn is a staff photographer who has lived in Lewiston for the past three years and has been a Greenwood resident for 20 years, on and off. She has worked full time for the Sun Journal since 2015....

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