The Clearly Visible Earth 2012 festival opened in the Sverdlovsk Region on Saturday, September 22 and involved pilots from Perm, Kungur, Kamensk-Uralsky, Khanty-Mansiisk and Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisytsyn / Go to the mediabankThe Clearly Visible Earth 2012 festival opened in the Sverdlovsk Region on Saturday, September 22.
The Clearly Visible Earth 2012 festival opened in the Sverdlovsk Region on Saturday, September 22.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisytsyn / Go to the mediabankHot-air balloons of different colors and sizes floated in the autumnal Urals sky during the event.
Hot-air balloons of different colors and sizes floated in the autumnal Urals sky during the event.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisytsyn / Go to the mediabankThe Urals Federal District hosted the Second Aeronautics Championship in the Hot-Air Balloon Category during the festival.
The Urals Federal District hosted the Second Aeronautics Championship in the Hot-Air Balloon Category during the festival.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisytsyn / Go to the mediabankPowered hang gliders and powered parachutes also flew together with the balloons.
Powered hang gliders and powered parachutes also flew together with the balloons.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisytsyn / Go to the mediabankThe competitions involved pilots from Perm, Kungur, Kamensk-Uralsky, Khanty-Mansiisk and Yekaterinburg.
The competitions involved pilots from Perm, Kungur, Kamensk-Uralsky, Khanty-Mansiisk and Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisytsyn / Go to the mediabankSpectators were able to take a ride on any of the hot-air balloons.
Spectators were able to take a ride on any of the hot-air balloons.
The Clearly Visible Earth 2012 festival.
The Clearly Visible Earth 2012 festival.