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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