Interesting how most the comments ask about the balloon part and interesting how 174 voters have different perspectives, Same reason why a picture can have a score of 10 and 1 at the same time, I thought this image would scored higher and it never crossed my mind to ask about he balloon.
After thinking about this image for a couple days, I still think it does not meet the challenge description to the letter. But due to the difficulty in creating it, I am raising my vote a couple notches.
I love the image but except for the general shape see no relevance to the challenge theme. I suppose this was a water balloon, caught in the act of bursting. I truly admire the skill required to catch this in mid-pop as they say!