Hot air balloon race disaster in Catalina Island, California. Five hot air balloons in Catalina Island. Participants use gas tanks and flames to inflate the hot air balloons. A 42-year old woman, Barbara Ruth Keith, puts on her life vest and helmet before the race. Barbara Keith boards her hot air balloon and tucks her toy mascot, a stuffed toy dog, into the top of her hot air propane tank. Hot air balloon contestant Barbara Keith waves at spectators upon her ascent. POV from balloon of spectators on ground as it ascends. Catalina Island. Swiss-born American balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard (also known as Don Piccard), ignites his heater and leaves the ground aboard balloon. Distant shot of balloon over ocean.
Atlas missile malfunction after launching at Vandenberg Air Force Base California. A missile rocket exhaust plume can be seen gradually descend from the sky.
Missile malfunction after launching in Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. View of pad shortly before launch of a missile, likely a Titan I. Exhaust gas ignite from launching of missile. Missile gradually ascends during launch. Missile with orange exhaust plume in-flight. Missile explodes in-flight. Burning missile body falls to the ground.
Missile malfunction after launching in Vandenberg Air Force Base California. A missile rocket launches from tower, with exhaust gas explodes beside launch tower. Exhaust gas ignites from missile inside silo. Missile gradually ascends in the sky. Missile explodes in-flight.
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. Cars drive up the Big Oak Flat Road. Mountains and coniferous trees surround the road. People getting off a car to view the Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias. Men and women hold each other to measure the width of a giant sequoia tree. Tourists return to the car stage before driving off. Tourists on a Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage viewing giant sequoia tree. Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage passes through a sequoia tunnel tree.
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. View of the Tenaya Lake, 8141 feet above sea level. Coniferous trees surround the lake. Glacier-cut rock formation, Lembert Dome, found in Yosemite National Park. Tourists disembark from car. A tourist scoops a glass of alkali water from the Soda Springs in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Women drink alkali water from Soda Springs. Tents and trees found in Tuolumne Meadows Lodge, 68 miles from Yosemite.
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