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Mutant cars from all over Black Rock City formed an outer ring around the towering effigy of the Man at Burning Man 2018 -- from the USS Nevada clipper ship to the 40-foot-tall marionettes to the Mayan Temple music car. Within the car circle, tens of thousands of people gathered on the playa in a series of smaller circles, waiting to watch the Man burst into flames and collapse to the ground. Rangers and medical staff created a lattice between the spectator circle and impending fires, ready to tackle anyone who might come forward. “If everyone is sitting, we can all see someone running or see that movement,” said a man who goes by “Land Cruiser.” He had attended Burning Man for 11 years and had volunteered as a ranger, the team that provides security, before. Rangers yelled at anyone who stood up and convinced other burners to chant, “If everyone sits, everyone sees.” Security had been stepped up after last year, when Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, fatally ran into the Burning Man e

#Burners #BurningMan  #BlackRockCity So you wanted to go to Burning Man this year, but didn't feel like being dehydrated and stoned out of your gourd? Then you missed some magnificent structures, statues, kinetic sculptures, LED light shows, et cetera. But luckily for you, a chap named Mark Day shot them and edited the footage into a quick, easily-digestible two-minute chunk: By  Rain N oe - September 12

The 747 airplane from Burning Man is about to move off of public land -- as soon as it gets over one more hurdle: soft playa. “We’re part way through the move," said Big Imagination Camp CEO Ken Feldman. "Sometimes things take longer than expected. We’re doing our very best. Just trying to get to that final spot. "We started this, we’re going to finish it," he added. Almost three weeks after Burning Man 2018, a partially reconstructed 747 that was converted into a nightclub art car was still on the playa due to a series of logistical breakdowns. But there is a saying at Burning Man that "the playa provides." It mean s that when someone needs something, the temporary community of 70,000 people mysteriously provides exactly what that person requires to survive. So, despite widespread condemnation of the situation on social media, volunteers from unconnected camps returned to the Black Rock Desert two hours north of Reno to help drag the multi-t

Each year we hear about the headaches and gripes related to Burning Man , and yet roughly 70,000 participants make the trek to the Black Rock Desert each year. For those that have never been, the rationale behind setting up camp outside of Gerlach, Nevada for a week can be a bit of a mystery. But a "Doc Team" of volunteer photographers and videographers tries to demystify the event for the uninitiated and chronicle it for those who want to relive the memories. Professional photographer Sidney Ertha l is one of those photographers. He attended his 14th burn this year and is co-creator of the best-selling photo coffee table book Burning Man Art on Fire . He has provided SFGATE with photographs of the event in the past, and shared many of his best 2018 shots in the gallery above The Brazilian-born Erthal found his way to California to study English. After earning a degree in tourism, he "accidentally" ended up in Sausalito, where he had the opportu

Thousands of people arrived in Black Rock City, Nevada, over the weekend for Burning Man, which officially began on Sunday. Dust storms caused dangerous driving conditions that day, prompting a three-hour closure of city gates. Wait times peaked around 10 hours and were still six to seven hours-long on Monday morning. During the closure, festival organizers told attendees to return to nearby Reno or stay put on the highway. Wait times to enter  Black Rock City — the temporary city in Nevada where Burning Man is held every August — reportedly hit 10 hours on Sunday after dust storms caused dangerous driving conditions and prompted a three-hour closure of the gates,  the Reno Gazette-Journal reported . Most of the 70,000  Burning Man  attendees went to the desert this past Sunday when the festival officially began. The drive from a local county road to the city gates can take as little as 15 minutes. However, it's common for attendees to experience whiteout condition