2018 is the Year of Zayed here in the UAE, and this has got to be one of the coolest ways we've seen so far to celebrate.
Over the weekend, a hot air balloon printed with an image of HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE's Founding President, floated above the ancient city of Petra in Jordan.
The balloon was launched by a team from Sharjah's Al Qasimia University, The National reports, and was named Year of Zayed 2018.
News agency Wam shared two pictures of the launch on Twitter.
How stunning is that? What a setting.
The balloon will be in Jordan until March 14, The National reports, flying over Karak Castle and Wadi Rum's desert village.
Piloted by Captain Pilot Abdulaziz Al Mansouri of the UAE Hot Air Balloon Team, the balloon was meant to spread a message of tolerance and peace, the site reported.
Of course, it's not the only move of late made to celebrate the legacy of HH Sheikh Zayed.
February saw the opening of Abu Dhabi's Founder's Memorial, which includes a portrait of the UAE's founding president made up of hundreds of suspended points of light.
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