Artsy HD 'Video' Of Hot Air Ballooning - Cool Stuff

 I think there are two kinds of artsy when it comes to videos... one that seeks to let you know how cool the artist is, and the other leaves the artist's ego out of it and is genuinely a cool piece of work. This HD stop-motion and time lapse 'video' about hot air ballooning is genuinely cool. It was built up out of more than 3,500 HD still images by Jan Fröjdman from Finland. It's pretty long at 6:30, but it so interestingly captures the unique beauty that ballooning is, that I think it's well worth watching - especially fullscreen.

 I've only had three balloon rides in my life (two of them in the last 15 months) but each one was extremely memorable. It's such a pure and peaceful form of flying - I very highly recommend it. I hope this video encourages anyone who's never flown via hot air to seek an opportunity out this year.

 Screenshot from the ballooning video - playing the violin!