{"id":3663,"date":"2026-05-05T08:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/why-dont-we-feel-vertigo-in-a-hot-air-balloon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:28:57","slug":"why-dont-we-feel-vertigo-in-a-hot-air-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/why-dont-we-feel-vertigo-in-a-hot-air-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don\u2019t we feel vertigo in a hot air balloon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It all comes down to smooth motion and how the brain interprets height<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we ride in a hot air balloon, our brain does not interpret height the same way it does in situations like standing on a cliff or looking down from a tall building. This is mainly because the balloon moves extremely smoothly and steadily, without sudden vibrations or accelerations  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vertigo typically occurs when there is a mismatch between what the eyes see and what the vestibular system (the inner ear balance system) senses. In a balloon, everything moves at the same pace, and there are no rapid motion cues, so the brain does not register immediate danger. Additionally, the basket creates a sense of security, and the distance to the ground is perceived more abstractly, like viewing a distant landscape. All of this makes the experience calm and unlikely to trigger vertigo.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/viaje-en-globo-curiosidades.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3651\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/viaje-en-globo-curiosidades.webp 600w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/viaje-en-globo-curiosidades-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/viaje-en-globo-curiosidades-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all comes down to smooth motion and how the brain interprets height When we ride in a hot air balloon, our brain does not interpret height the same way it does in situations like standing on a cliff or looking down from a tall building. This is mainly because the balloon moves extremely smoothly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"atributo":[71,69,72,70],"destino":[],"class_list":["post-3663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballooning-knowledge"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3664,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663\/revisions\/3664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"atributo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/atributo?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"destino","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globusemporda.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destino?post=3663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}