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Image 2 of 122 She undulated, she pulsed, she lit up in multicolors, she swayed in the darkness and the light, and that's not just the hallucinogens talking. Mostly. Truth in Beauty, the best thing on the playa. She undulated, she pulsed, she lit up in multicolors, she swayed in the darkness and the light, and that's not just the hallucinogens talking. Mostly. Truth in Beauty, the best thing on the playa.

Image 3 of 122 Some sort of train car art car thing? That played music? I think? Some sort of train car art car thing? That played music? I think?

Image 4 of 122 Interactive badass prehistoric dinosaur bones sculpture Ichthyosaur thing, fantastic in daytime but even more wild at night. Want to see him in motion for about 15 seconds? Go here: http://youtu.be/_ZyrwfosfDo less Interactive badass prehistoric dinosaur bones sculpture Ichthyosaur thing, fantastic in daytime but even more wild at night. Want to see him in motion for about 15 seconds? Go here: ... more

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Image 6 of 122 Everyone and everything can't help but ogle Truth Is Beauty, even if you only have one eye. Everyone and everything can't help but ogle Truth Is Beauty, even if you only have one eye.

Image 7 of 122 Mustache rides. Because not everything has to be subtle. Or serious. Mustache rides. Because not everything has to be subtle. Or serious.

Image 8 of 122 A sort of sexy, sort of steampunk chamber orchestra, playing Amazing Grace at the Temple of Whollyness. Sort of gorgeous, really. A sort of sexy, sort of steampunk chamber orchestra, playing Amazing Grace at the Temple of Whollyness. Sort of gorgeous, really.

Image 9 of 122 Temple of Whollyness. Not exactly as staggering as David Best's temples of yore, but still powerful. Temple of Whollyness. Not exactly as staggering as David Best's temples of yore, but still powerful.

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Image 11 of 122 The things you can do with laser cut steel these days The things you can do with laser cut steel these days

Image 12 of 122 Cricket. Big. Had some video monitors alongside, playing a nature documentary or something. Didn't really have the wherewithal to watch. Cricket. Big. Had some video monitors alongside, playing a nature documentary or something. Didn't really have the wherewithal to watch.

Image 13 of 122 Is this some sort of motorcycle logo? Because it really should be. Is this some sort of motorcycle logo? Because it really should be.

Image 14 of 122 Temple interior, more sacred and quiet, sad and supercharged with deep emotion than any picture can possibly convey. Temple interior, more sacred and quiet, sad and supercharged with deep emotion than any picture can possibly convey.

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Image 16 of 122 Nick Taylor's Ibis Maximus. For those who really, really love mountain biking. 1000 pounds of wow that's big. Nick Taylor's Ibis Maximus. For those who really, really love mountain biking. 1000 pounds of wow that's big.

Image 17 of 122 A bit redundant, but OK. Jessica Panuccio's Project Insanity. For those heavily narcotized moments when you just can't think of a word for what you're seeing and experiencing around you on the playa. less A bit redundant, but OK. Jessica Panuccio's Project Insanity. For those heavily narcotized moments when you just can't think of a word for what you're seeing and experiencing around you on the ... more

Image 18 of 122 Church Trap! Awesome in daytime, but when this tinderbox burned at night, it was something to behold. Like all your 'Little House on the Prairie' morbid doom fantasias come to blazing life. Church Trap! Awesome in daytime, but when this tinderbox burned at night, it was something to behold. Like all your 'Little House on the Prairie' morbid doom fantasias come to blazing life.

Image 19 of 122 One of roughly 1000 cars like this, prowling and scurrying, lurching and lolling around the playa day and night. One of roughly 1000 cars like this, prowling and scurrying, lurching and lolling around the playa day and night.

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Image 21 of 122 Hands down the creepiest place on the playa, and the place to absolutely avoid when on any sort of happy hallucinogens. PhotoChapel, by Mike Garlington. See other pix for inside shots. One visit was plenty Hands down the creepiest place on the playa, and the place to absolutely avoid when on any sort of happy hallucinogens. PhotoChapel, by Mike Garlington. See other pix for inside shots. One visit was plenty

Image 22 of 122 Inside of PhotoChapel, the creepiest place on the playa Inside of PhotoChapel, the creepiest place on the playa

Image 23 of 122 Inside of PhotoChapel, the creepiest place on the playa Inside of PhotoChapel, the creepiest place on the playa

Image 24 of 122 He bounced, he bounded, he leapt and jumped in the 95-degree heat on those springy legs, spraying delighted and amazed dancers in the Distrikt dance club with cool water-at-least-I-think-it-was-water, and he looked perpetually exhausted but happy. I mean, who thinks of doing this? And actually pulls it off? less He bounced, he bounded, he leapt and jumped in the 95-degree heat on those springy legs, spraying delighted and amazed dancers in the Distrikt dance club with cool water-at-least-I-think-it-was-water, and he ... more

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Image 26 of 122 Believe, from a distance. Believe, from a distance.

Image 27 of 122 View out to the Temple from inside the Man's spaceship base View out to the Temple from inside the Man's spaceship base

Image 28 of 122 The theme WAS Cargo Cult, after all, which almost no one fully understood and which, if you cared to research it involves spacecraft, and modern tech, and aliens, and mysticism, and such. Rainbow umbrella art car thing sold separately. less The theme WAS Cargo Cult, after all, which almost no one fully understood and which, if you cared to research it involves spacecraft, and modern tech, and aliens, and mysticism, and such. Rainbow umbrella art ... more

Image 29 of 122 Screw your fancy million-dollar, air-conditioned RV. When you have *real* Burner style, this is how you roll. Screw your fancy million-dollar, air-conditioned RV. When you have *real* Burner style, this is how you roll.

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Image 31 of 122 The most completely un-captureable thing of all? The night scenes. The SCALE of it all, 360 degrees of total madness, spanning a dead-flat two mile radius and 5 square ones, in nearly all directions, with thumping squealing blinking beeping every which way you can possibly imagine, and a few which you absolutely can't, until you see it for yourself. less The most completely un-captureable thing of all? The night scenes. The SCALE of it all, 360 degrees of total madness, spanning a dead-flat two mile radius and 5 square ones, in nearly all directions, with ... more

Image 32 of 122 Insanity at night. Looks calm? Looks sort of sweet? You have no idea. You can't imagine the swarms of humans and lights. Insanity at night. Looks calm? Looks sort of sweet? You have no idea. You can't imagine the swarms of humans and lights.

Image 33 of 122 Trying to capture a wider panorama of the night scene, which is sort of pathetic and impossible and the camera hasn't been invented yet that can possibly do the place any sort of justice. Trying to capture a wider panorama of the night scene, which is sort of pathetic and impossible and the camera hasn't been invented yet that can possibly do the place any sort of justice.

Image 34 of 122 Creepy PhotoChapel, night. Creepy PhotoChapel, night.

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Image 36 of 122 Amazingly, art cars like this one become almost normal, commonplace, pedestrian after a couple nights on the playa. Which is sort of absurd to say, but which is also a testament to just how ridiculous the place is. less Amazingly, art cars like this one become almost normal, commonplace, pedestrian after a couple nights on the playa. Which is sort of absurd to say, but which is also a testament to just how ridiculous the ... more

Image 37 of 122 A ship and a bug thing pass in the night. And then go on to pass 500 other vehicles of similar WTF madness. A ship and a bug thing pass in the night. And then go on to pass 500 other vehicles of similar WTF madness.

Image 38 of 122 This is your brain on giant flaming mushrooms. Xylophage, by the badass welding/fire/metalworking collective known as Flaming Lotus Girls (of Serpent Mother fame). There was a small field of these and they threw so much heat you could feel them from 100 yards away. less This is your brain on giant flaming mushrooms. Xylophage, by the badass welding/fire/metalworking collective known as Flaming Lotus Girls (of Serpent Mother fame). There was a small field of these and they ... more

Image 39 of 122 Pink unicorns, sorta hoopty, not exactly anywhere near as badass as, say, the Scorpion Car. But who cares? This is, like, old school silly Burning Man. Pink unicorns, sorta hoopty, not exactly anywhere near as badass as, say, the Scorpion Car. But who cares? This is, like, old school silly Burning Man.

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Image 41 of 122 Death Guild's infamous Thunderdome, the only and most violent place on the playa. For those moments when all the happy blissy blinky goodness of the event gets a bit too much, and you want to watch heavily narcotized people bash the hell out of each other with giant padded bats. less Death Guild's infamous Thunderdome, the only and most violent place on the playa. For those moments when all the happy blissy blinky goodness of the event gets a bit too much, and you want to watch heavily ... more

Image 42 of 122 Ah, the Scorpion car, with its three story high flaming tail that shot flames 100 feet into the air and made everyone within 50 yards scream with delight every time it did so. Ridiculously badass and cool and OMG the work that must've gone into this beast. Thanks for creating her, Kirk Jellum! Want to see it in motion for about 30 tantalizing seconds? Go here: http://youtu.be/v94ODMy3W4I less Ah, the Scorpion car, with its three story high flaming tail that shot flames 100 feet into the air and made everyone within 50 yards scream with delight every time it did so. Ridiculously badass and cool and ... more

Image 43 of 122 What do you want me to say? Truth Is Beauty was the best thing on the playa this year, day or night, up close or far away, lit up or just a hot mesh in the sun. Thanks, Marco. What do you want me to say? Truth Is Beauty was the best thing on the playa this year, day or night, up close or far away, lit up or just a hot mesh in the sun. Thanks, Marco.

Image 44 of 122 Scorpion car, version 2. Did I mention it also changed colors? And made a casual mockery of a hundred other lesser art cars? Thanks for creating her, Kirk Jellum! Want to see it in motion for about 30 tantalizing seconds? Go here: http://youtu.be/v94ODMy3W4I less Scorpion car, version 2. Did I mention it also changed colors? And made a casual mockery of a hundred other lesser art cars? Thanks for creating her, Kirk Jellum! Want to see it in motion for about 30 ... more

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Image 46 of 122 More from Xylophage, by the Flaming Lotus Girls, to give an idea of scale. Alas, no way to convey the staggering heat. More from Xylophage, by the Flaming Lotus Girls, to give an idea of scale. Alas, no way to convey the staggering heat.

Image 47 of 122 Batcar (I think?) buggy, in red. Batcar (I think?) buggy, in red.

Image 48 of 122 So true. Sort of boring out there. Just your everyday all-out assault on the senses, to the point of absurdity. This was my 10th burn, and it was more teeming and overloaded and chaotic than I can ever remember. I'd need about 5000 more pix to capture the range of visuals. Oh well. less So true. Sort of boring out there. Just your everyday all-out assault on the senses, to the point of absurdity. This was my 10th burn, and it was more teeming and overloaded and chaotic than I can ever ... more

Image 49 of 122 Because every once in awhile, you just want to stick an old rotary telephone inside a wood hut out in the deep playa, in the middle of the desert far, far from the madding burner crowd, and let it do its lonely art thing. less Because every once in awhile, you just want to stick an old rotary telephone inside a wood hut out in the deep playa, in the middle of the desert far, far from the madding burner crowd, and let it do its ... more

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Image 51 of 122 Temple interior, with offering Temple interior, with offering

Image 52 of 122 Temple, with tail Temple, with tail

Image 53 of 122 Charles Gadeken's wonderful Helix sculpture. Want to see it in motion? With some really awful music that happened to be playing nearby at that moment? Go here: http://youtu.be/stMpuL6pnd0 Charles Gadeken's wonderful Helix sculpture. Want to see it in motion? With some really awful music that happened to be playing nearby at that moment? Go here: http://youtu.be/stMpuL6pnd0

Image 54 of 122 View from inside the Temple of Whollyness, back at the Man. View from inside the Temple of Whollyness, back at the Man.

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Image 56 of 122 Temple detail. As always, every square inch covered with prayers, offerings, longings, sadness, farewells, mementos, purges, releases, tears, wails, heartbreaks and silliness. Temple detail. As always, every square inch covered with prayers, offerings, longings, sadness, farewells, mementos, purges, releases, tears, wails, heartbreaks and silliness.

Image 57 of 122 Burning Man themes come and go, crowds change and surge, but random wacky stuff like this persists. Little beasts like this have been scurrying across the playa for 20 years. Burning Man themes come and go, crowds change and surge, but random wacky stuff like this persists. Little beasts like this have been scurrying across the playa for 20 years.

Image 58 of 122 Our friend Bobby, doing a fantastic backbend on the B, during a daylong, highly hallucinogenic ride on a hot pirate ship. Because what the hell else are you gonna do, nap? Our friend Bobby, doing a fantastic backbend on the B, during a daylong, highly hallucinogenic ride on a hot pirate ship. Because what the hell else are you gonna do, nap?

Image 59 of 122 This. This is pretty much a classic, old school art car, a red rooster you can dance on, not meant to be looked as as much as giggled toward and then quickly hopped onto as it scuttles about the playa blasting who knows what. Otis Redding? Skrillex? BB King? Bring it. less This. This is pretty much a classic, old school art car, a red rooster you can dance on, not meant to be looked as as much as giggled toward and then quickly hopped onto as it scuttles about the playa blasting ... more

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Image 62 of 122 I like this shot. And not just for obvious, anatomy related reasons. I like this shot. And not just for obvious, anatomy related reasons.

Image 63 of 122 The Man, atop his spaceship, which was probably the best man base ever (it changes every year with the theme), huge and iconic and burned like a motherf--er. Well done, BM LLC The Man, atop his spaceship, which was probably the best man base ever (it changes every year with the theme), huge and iconic and burned like a motherf--er. Well done, BM LLC

Image 64 of 122 Charlie Smith's Big Bully. Also anatomically correct! Charlie Smith's Big Bully. Also anatomically correct!

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Image 66 of 122 A classic, a favorite. Beauties like this have been cruising the playa since the Floating World theme way back in 2002. A classic, a favorite. Beauties like this have been cruising the playa since the Floating World theme way back in 2002.

Image 67 of 122 Balloons! 50? 100? More? There were two strings like this on the playa this year, one purple and one white. They both had a single, bright LED attached to each balloon for a stark and amazing, "string-of-stars" effect at night. But daytime was rather wonderful, too. less Balloons! 50? 100? More? There were two strings like this on the playa this year, one purple and one white. They both had a single, bright LED attached to each balloon for a stark and amazing, ... more

Image 68 of 122 Abraxas! And their golden dragon! Happy and adorable and was also blasting great music every time I rode by, which is a rare and precious thing indeed, considering how much shockingly awful dub step/techno/hardcore house is on the playa these days. Thanks, Abraxas! less Abraxas! And their golden dragon! Happy and adorable and was also blasting great music every time I rode by, which is a rare and precious thing indeed, considering how much shockingly awful dub ... more

Image 69 of 122 Purple bug, just keepin' it real, yo. Purple bug, just keepin' it real, yo.

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Image 71 of 122 As BM evolves and shifts, art cars also evolve and shift. Many years I remember most cars looked like this, a Mad Max-meets-the-Batmobile with a little Ambiguously Gay Duo. This year, sort of few and far between. Always nicely ogle-able, though. less As BM evolves and shifts, art cars also evolve and shift. Many years I remember most cars looked like this, a Mad Max-meets-the-Batmobile with a little Ambiguously Gay Duo. This year, sort of few and far ... more

Image 72 of 122 Truth Is Beauty, with a Temple background. I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out for a short time with Deja, the model for Marco's sculpture, and she was just as luminous, sweet and unpretentious as you'd hope. And it was quite cool/surreal/delightful to stand right there at the sculpture's base with her, and watch her look up at her 55' self. less Truth Is Beauty, with a Temple background. I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out for a short time with Deja, the model for Marco's sculpture, and she was just as luminous, sweet and unpretentious as ... more

Image 73 of 122 Believe, from behind, with Man. Believe, from behind, with Man.

Image 74 of 122 All you get is snippets. Angles. Hints and moments. The staggering scale of this place, the sheer number of art pieces and art cars, the vast flatness, the two-mile radius packed with 70,000 revelers, the smells and thumps and beeps, the heat and dust and sweat, it's all just impossible to give more than a hint. This gallery has more than 90 pictures. I missed another 500 great shots. Per day. Not to mention the fire. Oh well. You do what you can. less All you get is snippets. Angles. Hints and moments. The staggering scale of this place, the sheer number of art pieces and art cars, the vast flatness, the two-mile radius packed with 70,000 revelers, the ... more

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Image 76 of 122 Rumor had it that pale little M. Zuckerberg himself flew into the playa's madness one day to check it out, and was very pleased indeed by this sculpture, called Like 4 Real, a big golden Like symbol that many people weren't sure was supposed to be ironic or not, because it wasn't properly warped or skewed or topped with giant devil horns or something. At least it was burned to the ground on Friday. But next time, how about about sticking out that golden middle finger, at least? Otherwise, sorta WTF. less Rumor had it that pale little M. Zuckerberg himself flew into the playa's madness one day to check it out, and was very pleased indeed by this sculpture, called Like 4 Real, a big golden Like symbol that many ... more

Image 77 of 122 Temple of Whollyness, straight on and sacred to the core. Temple of Whollyness, straight on and sacred to the core.

Image 78 of 122 He was walking the Temple in slow circles, for hours, playing quiet, elegiac melodies on a baby harp, and it might look silly and strange, but it was actually quite beautiful and heartbreaking, and I would like to hereby thank him, whoever he is. less He was walking the Temple in slow circles, for hours, playing quiet, elegiac melodies on a baby harp, and it might look silly and strange, but it was actually quite beautiful and heartbreaking, and I would ... more

Image 79 of 122 This is your brain on the Temple. This is your brain on the Temple.

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Image 81 of 122 Hot girls on cool art cars? Check. Hot girls on cool art cars? Check.

Image 82 of 122 Your author, at the Temple. Your author, at the Temple.

Image 83 of 122 Honey, let me build us a weird cute bike contraption, and you can ride way up top like some sort of pampered Egyptian goddess and I'll pedal you around the playa so you don't have to break a sweat or get dusty or anything, K? Then you can maybe smile a little? less Honey, let me build us a weird cute bike contraption, and you can ride way up top like some sort of pampered Egyptian goddess and I'll pedal you around the playa so you don't have to break a sweat or get dusty ... more

Image 84 of 122 Peter Hudson's Monkeys, back from Burning Man 2007! AKA Homouroboros, Tantalus, AKA another awesome zoetrope that's far more amazing (and is obviously designed for) night viewing. I had a video of this in action, but it's lost. Perhaps go here to see what it really does? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywK4kIq6OTQ less Peter Hudson's Monkeys, back from Burning Man 2007! AKA Homouroboros, Tantalus, AKA another awesome zoetrope that's far more amazing (and is obviously designed for) night viewing. I had a video of this in ... more

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Image 86 of 122 These are your parents on Burning Man. These are your parents on Burning Man.

Image 87 of 122 Steampunk covered wagon flamethrower art car thing? Hell, yes. Steampunk covered wagon flamethrower art car thing? Hell, yes.

Image 88 of 122 Miso Horny. NOTE: Not a sex camp. A place to get, that's right, miso soup. In the desert. For free. All day long. Because awesome. Miso Horny. NOTE: Not a sex camp. A place to get, that's right, miso soup. In the desert. For free. All day long. Because awesome.

Image 89 of 122 When you get Early Arrival passes, when you get to the playa before roughly 99.8% of the rest of the revelers, the streets look like this. Which is amazing. (Photo by Laura Swartz). When you get Early Arrival passes, when you get to the playa before roughly 99.8% of the rest of the revelers, the streets look like this. Which is amazing. (Photo by Laura Swartz).

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Image 91 of 122 Another day, another cool zoetrope (Photo by Laura Swartz) Another day, another cool zoetrope (Photo by Laura Swartz)

Image 92 of 122 Zoetrope, from above (Photo by Laura Swartz) Zoetrope, from above (Photo by Laura Swartz)

Image 93 of 122 Helicopter dragonfly, by Barry Crawford. (Photo by Laura Swartz) Helicopter dragonfly, by Barry Crawford. (Photo by Laura Swartz)

Image 94 of 122 Peter Hudson's Monkeys, from a distance (Photo by Laura Swartz) Peter Hudson's Monkeys, from a distance (Photo by Laura Swartz)

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Image 96 of 122 Writing a message on the NASA spacecraft. Or was it Russian? I didn't do the homework Writing a message on the NASA spacecraft. Or was it Russian? I didn't do the homework

Image 97 of 122 I know, I know. But really, every angle was sort of perfect. I know, I know. But really, every angle was sort of perfect.

Image 98 of 122 Commemorating X number of years of space flight. But even better when it was on fire Thursday night. Commemorating X number of years of space flight. But even better when it was on fire Thursday night.

Image 99 of 122 Generic Center Camp shot. Coffee, shade, random acts of yoga and AcroYoga, groggy performances, aimless wandering, hundreds of grokked-out revelers crashing on dusty couches. Generic Center Camp shot. Coffee, shade, random acts of yoga and AcroYoga, groggy performances, aimless wandering, hundreds of grokked-out revelers crashing on dusty couches.

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Image 101 of 122 Distrikt daytime dance club, just as hot, sexy, sweltering, ridiculous, thumping, loud, fantastic as ever. Well done. Every year. Distrikt daytime dance club, just as hot, sexy, sweltering, ridiculous, thumping, loud, fantastic as ever. Well done. Every year.

Image 102 of 122 Welcome back, El Pulpo! Such a wild surprise hit in 2012, he just HAD to come back. Welcome back, El Pulpo! Such a wild surprise hit in 2012, he just HAD to come back.

Image 103 of 122 Here's the two words you say to describe/explain most flamethrowing art cars on the playa: *Just because.* Or perhaps *Why not?* Here's the two words you say to describe/explain most flamethrowing art cars on the playa: *Just because.* Or perhaps *Why not?*

Image 104 of 122 Not sure. But sort of delicate and beautiful. Not sure. But sort of delicate and beautiful.

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Image 106 of 122 Go ahead, just float on by like this was the most normal thing you'll see all day, which it probably was Go ahead, just float on by like this was the most normal thing you'll see all day, which it probably was

Image 107 of 122 It says *I hope my little girl loves life as much as her daddy does.* Madness, creativity, music, survivalism, heat, drugs, celebrations, hallucinations, dust, booze, horrible dubstep and hard techno, bros, crackheads, frat guys, raver kids, art to dazzle the heart and eye - but also just underneath it all, a thousand notes of surprising sweetness and tenderness, love and offering and loss. Go figure. less It says *I hope my little girl loves life as much as her daddy does.* Madness, creativity, music, survivalism, heat, drugs, celebrations, hallucinations, dust, booze, horrible dubstep and hard techno, ... more

Image 108 of 122 Coyote redux, with visitors Coyote redux, with visitors

Image 109 of 122 Believe, as viewed (and snapped) from a pirate ship (see shadow in foreground). Your author is in the hat. Believe, as viewed (and snapped) from a pirate ship (see shadow in foreground). Your author is in the hat.

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Image 111 of 122 Early Arrival affords views like this. No cars, no RVs, no crazed trucks packing all those entry lanes. Just wide-open, empty, easy access bliss. But not for long. (Photo by Laura Swartz) Early Arrival affords views like this. No cars, no RVs, no crazed trucks packing all those entry lanes. Just wide-open, empty, easy access bliss. But not for long. (Photo by Laura Swartz)

Image 112 of 122 You want to scoot around the playa on your motorized skateboard thing? You gotta decorate it. Be subtle, though. You want to scoot around the playa on your motorized skateboard thing? You gotta decorate it. Be subtle, though.

Image 113 of 122 Claude the Dragon! 100% recycled/reclaimed parts. 20 years old. Totally cool. Claude the Dragon! 100% recycled/reclaimed parts. 20 years old. Totally cool.

Image 114 of 122 It was sort of required, sort of a cosmic/sexual challenge, sort of an ego gauntlet for every female to try and copy Deja's pose for the Truth Is Beauty sculpture (see bottom right of photo, and also, apparently, George Clooney's ex- GF, Stacy Keibler http://tmz.me/15VGZCr). Not many could. Something about her spine. And that dazzling arch. And being on her toes. And, well, you know. less It was sort of required, sort of a cosmic/sexual challenge, sort of an ego gauntlet for every female to try and copy Deja's pose for the Truth Is Beauty sculpture (see bottom right of photo, and also, ... more

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Image 116 of 122 The Man, still being built, just after a mad rainstorm, a week or so before the event opened. Looks almost tranquil, no? The Man, still being built, just after a mad rainstorm, a week or so before the event opened. Looks almost tranquil, no?

Image 117 of 122 A simply irresistible photo. A simply irresistible photo.

Image 118 of 122 Classic! Classic!

Image 119 of 122 For those times you say to yourself, *What the hell am I going to do with all this old luggage?* For those times you say to yourself, *What the hell am I going to do with all this old luggage?*

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Image 121 of 122 OK look. I missed a lot of events. I missed the Burn itself. I forgot my camera when the Church Trap went up in dazzling flames. I missed taking photos of roughly 1500 art cars and another 200 fantastic theme camps, domes. Not to mention portraits. People. The folk who make it go. So we end where we began. Coyote, yelping into the dust. less OK look. I missed a lot of events. I missed the Burn itself. I forgot my camera when the Church Trap went up in dazzling flames. I missed taking photos of roughly 1500 art cars and another 200 fantastic theme ... more