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Burning Man lights up the Nevada desert

Fireworks and flames engulfed the woodwork man on Saturday night during the annual Burning Man celebration in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. An estimated 80,000 people traveled from all over the world to participate in the community of art and “radical self-expression,” making it one of the 10 largest cities in Nevada for one week.

According to the website, Burning Man is based on 10 principals: radical Inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The man glows as the sunsets, for the last time, before he is burned, at Burning Man, in the Black Rock Desert, near Gerlach, Nevada. The Art Theme this year is Metamorphoses. Friday, Aug. 30, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Man goes up in an explosion of flames Saturday night, at Burning Man, in the Black Rock Desert, near Gerlach, Nevada. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Claire Dawn from North West, Minnesota, dances at sunrise, at Burning Man, in the Black Rock Desert, in Nevada. Friday, Aug. 30, 2019.