Moments from the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park

Miguel Leyba with Sandia Laboratories roasts marshmallows on a solar furnace that reaches up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday.

Rafael Obando- Feibelman,8, uses the lathe at the Quelab booth during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday.

MIika Deese with On A Wing And A Prayer holds a barn owl close to her after being startled during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Tania Rivas puts flowers on the bio- degradable paper she made at the Food is Free Albuquerque booth during the Earth Day Festival.

Food is Free Albuquerque booth lets attendees of the Earth Day Festival make bio degradable seed paper at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Katura Barnette, 11, climbs up the Rock wall during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

The wolf dog Kiara from the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary smells the camera during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Atlas Vejil,6, put on glass at the On A Wing And A Prayer booth that simulates the vision of an owl during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Quelab volunteer Norman Atha helps Rafael Obando-Feibelman,8, use the lathe at the Quelab booth during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Tania Rivas makes bio-degradable paper at the Food is Free Albuquerque booth during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Sara Maschott with On A Wing And A Prayer untangle the swainson hawk she is holding during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Miguel Leyba with Sandia Laboratories roasts marshmallows on a solar furnace that reaches up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Rafael Obando-Feibelman, 8, receives a roasted marshmallow made on a solar furnace from Miguel Leyba with Sandia Laboratories during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday.

The wolf dog Kiara from the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary receives some scratches from attendee of the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Albuquerque Animal welfare puppy prosperity takes a nap at Albuquerque Animal welfare adoption booth during the Earth Day Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

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Published April 14, 2025 - 2:30 a.m. Modified April 14, 2025 - 2:30 a.m.

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