Burning Man
Every year, more than 50, 000 people meet in the remote Black Rock Desert of Nevada to engage in a social experiment like no other. From the last Monday in August to the first Monday in September, Burning Man challenges visitors to give up commodities and money, to care for one another like family — and of course — to have a kick-ass time!
But as the "leave no trace" rule declares, Burning Man is not a garbage can. Everything set up at the start of the week must come down. Look at before-and-after image, created by the Daily Overview, reveals just how great of an undertaking that can be.
August 2014
October 2014
To make sure the "leave no trace" rule is upheld, Burning Man relies on a Playa Restoration Team (The "playa" is the land used during the festival). Crews of people determine which areas have the most trash — or, as Burners call it, "matter out of place, " or MOOP. They color-code the areas based on severity, green being the lightest MOOP areas, yellow being moderate, and red being the most moopy — Burning Man's words, not mine — and have a line of people clean up each area. Then the transformation back into an ordinary desert is complete.
A gigantic wooden sculpture known as “The Man” is engulfed in flames during the 2012 Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
A fire tornado emerges from the burning embers of the “Temple of Whollyness” as it burns at the conclusion of the 2013 Burning Man.
An art installation called “Big Rig Jig” by artist Mike Ross is shown in 2007.
An art installation called “Pulse & Bloom” is shown at Burning Man 2014.
People walk inside and leave notes on the walls, add pictures of loved ones who are sick or dying, write down stuff they want to forget or remember, and all sorts of meditations. It’s hard to believe they burn the whole thing down, but it’s a very peaceful time as opposed to the Bacchanalia of the Man burning.
Here’s “Bliss” amazing statue from Marco Cochrane. One of the most amazing things is there are no “wires” or anything to hold it up. It’s massive and never blows down in the storms.
It’s called Embrace. It cost over $250, 000 to build and stood for four days before it was burned (on purpose).
“Revolution” Burning Man 2015
“Love”
Bismuth Bivouac
“Truth and Beauty” Burning Man 2013
A little gypsy train. You can get on any art car any time, it rolls around the playa randomly and then you can get off, stumble around, then get on another art car and see where you go next!
El Pulpo Mechanico. It’s a huge vehicle in the form of a steampunk octopus that shoots fire from it’s eight excitable arms!
This art car is designed to look like the Cheshire Cat from "Alice in Wonderland. " It appeared at Burning Man in 2013 and 2014.
This yacht car fits dozens of burners on top.
This dragon is one of the biggest art cars
This robotic go-cart looks like something out of Mad Max
Metal lizard
Members of the “Naobi Village” perform an early-morning ritual in 2003.
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