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Bertrand Piccard, 1999.

balloon flight: circumnavigation

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Bertrand Piccard, 1999.

Bertrand Piccard, 1999.

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balloon flight: circumnavigation

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Balloonists Bertrand Piccard (left) and Brian Jones (right) after their circumnavigation...

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