How big is a hot air balloon?
21 m tall · 68.9 ft
A typical balloon envelope stands over twenty meters.
City bus 12 m
Hot air balloon 21 m
Compared with things you know
- A hot air balloon is about 10× the height of a door Door: 2.03 m
- A hot air balloon is about 4.7× the length of a family car Family car: 4.5 m
- A hot air balloon is about 3.8× the height of a giraffe Giraffe: 5.5 m
- A hot air balloon is about 1.8× the length of a city bus City bus: 12 m
Think you could size it by eye? A hot air balloon is one of the objects in Sizedle.
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