Balloons over the city here in Albuquerque is very common due to the wind pattern that exists here in the city next to the Sandia mountains and valley made by the Rio Grande to the west. The balloons seem to come out on Fridays though I saw some yesterday as well. I plan to get up really early this Friday and head towards the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Fairgrounds here in the city and see if I can get some pics of the balloons launching.
Sorry for the quality of the last one, I was on the road driving and had to take a picture through the windshield when I was stopped