Lighting balloon apparatus

A lighting balloon apparatus, comprising:

• a single balloon envelope body forming an enclosed space and adapted for retaining a gas therein, said single balloon envelope body having a plurality of rigging points along its exterior surface;
• a harness assembly suspended within said enclosed space, secured between a top center portion and a bottom center portion of said single balloon envelope body, having a plurality of lighting fixtures affixed thereto, wherein said plurality of lighting fixtures are configured for receiving a plurality of different lighting sources, wherein said plurality of lighting fixtures are coupled to at least two different lighting sources, and wherein said at least two different lighting sources have disparate powering requirements and emit different color temperatures of light;
• a multi-conductor cable, said multi-conductor cable having at least one conductive power lead coupled to a receiving end of at least one of said lighting fixtures;
• and
• a power distribution source, wherein said power distribution source is configured to drive said at least two different lighting sources by transmitting at least one electrical signal via said multi-conductor cable to be received by said receiving end of at least one of said lighting fixtures.