Pilots blast heat into their balloons to create the night glow for festival spectators at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds on Friday, July 24, 2015. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
The Grand Rapids Balloon Festival's Night Glow and sky lantern release raises dollars for Children's Miracle Network and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Sky lanterns light up the sky at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds. Sales of the lanterns raised money for Children's Miracle Network and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
A family lights their sky lanterns at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds on the opening night of the Grand Rapids Balloon Festival. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Pilots blast heat into their balloons to create the night glow for festival spectators at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds on Friday, July 24, 2015. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Balloons are inflated and children play before the night glow at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Propane heat inflates a balloon during the Grand Rapids Balloon Festival. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
A crew member becomes a silhouette as hot air balloons are inflated for the night glow at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Festival spectators at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds watch the Grand Rapids Balloon Festival night glow. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
This "Whimsical Wizard" glows in the night to help raise money for Children's Miracle Network and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
A sky lantern release always brings a smile. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Sky lanterns light up the sky at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds on the opening night of the Grand Rapids Balloon Festival. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
The Grand Rapids Balloon Festival's night glow and sky lantern release raises dollars for Children's Miracle Network and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Sky lanterns light up the sky at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds on the opening night of the Grand Rapids Balloon Festival. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
A pilot waves to the Hudsonville Fairgrounds crowd as Grand Rapids Balloon Festival flyers go for an evening ride before the night glow event. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Balloon festival flyers and the setting sun at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
A pilot inflates his balloon at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Propane heat inflates a balloon during the Grand Rapids Balloon festival. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
Blasts of propane heat illuminate more than a dozen hot air balloons tethered in a field at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds. Faces of spectators that surround the spectacle light up with smiles.
Soon after, that same field is set aglow by hundreds of sky lanterns released to “Light Up the Night” and help raise money for Children’s Miracle Network and Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.
The two-day Grand Rapids Balloon Festival featured balloon launches, night glows and children’s activities.
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