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Hot air balloons rise during the 39th annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport in Readington. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
The festival will also feature events like tribute bands, brunches, and others. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Ground crews inflate a US Constitution hot air balloon. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
People look up at a sun-shaped hot air balloon at the festival. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Crews inflate hot air balloons at the festival, which will run through till July 31. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
The festival will feature as many as 100 balloons. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
A ground crew helps inflate a hot air balloon. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Hot air balloons land during the 39th annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
