Filling the sky with a mass of color, these extraordinary pictures show hundreds of balloons taking off during a new world record attempt at the 2013 Lorraine Mondial international hot air balloon festival.
A total of 408 hot air balloons took off from a former Nato base in Chambley, France, in the hope of setting a new record for a mass take-off. A Time-lapse video below shows the moment hot air balloons took off at once, breaking the world record.