ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As Albuquerque's largest event of the year enters its final weekend, there is a process for how organizers manage 500 hot air balloons and all of the people that come with it.

Saturday is the eighth day of the ExxonMobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, and while the balloons did not go up, here is a look at what goes on behind the scenes. In the early hours, hot air balloon pilots gather around 6:00 a.m. to see if the weather conditions are good enough to take flight.

The man behind the huge decision is the Balloonmeister, Henry Rosenbaum, who has worked in his position at Balloon Fiesta for more than a decade. He has a background experience as a hot air balloon pilot and Fire Marshall. Rosenbaum said the decision comes after deliberation with the wea

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