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Caption: BLACK ROCK CITY My Burning Man Adventure 2014
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Caption: In August 2014 I went to Burning Man for the second time.
Burning Man is a week-long annual event that began in San Francisco's Baker Beach in 1986 and migrated to the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada.
It's one of the most amazing places on earth. The vibrant gather of people is unlike anything else in the world, and I recommend it to anyone.
This is a snap shot of our adventure.
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Caption: This year we drove across the country to get to Nevada, which was a grand adventure on its own! We packed the truck with everything we would need to live in the desert for a week.
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Caption: I love the open road! #wanderlust
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Caption: Look Ma!
The Mississippi River!
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Caption: Carl and I made time to visit Mesa Verda National Park. It was beautiful!
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Caption: We had an amazing time, but there was more to see.
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Caption: Wolf Creek and the Continental Divide
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Caption: The Rocky Mountains
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Caption: The plains of Montana
Then ....
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Caption: THE PLAYA We arrive at Burning Man
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Caption: Gerlach & Black Rock City After driving through several states & picking up a few friends we finally made it to Gerlach, then waited in the long line to get into the city on the Playa.
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Caption: Welcome Home We are part of a camp called Twilight Spaghetti Theater, about 30 folks from Colorado and California. We are the New England contingent. We set up our humble yet glamorous tent, and prepared for a week of excitement.
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Caption: When at Burning Man you wake up to yodeling at 10 AM and dance to get yourself going! At least that's how we roll over at 7:45 and B, our address.
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Caption: Time to explore!
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Caption: Playa fashion
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Caption: I was on a mission while at Burning Man this year - to find and explore the many science projects that you can participate in or explore while at the city. You can hear a radio story of my adventure seeking out Playa science at on my website. In this photo we were melting the playa dust into glass and learning about the many sorts of chemicals that are in the Dust, A defining element of your experience at Burning Man.
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Caption: Playa Fashion
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Caption: The Temple
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Caption: Burner Culture To see all the artwork at the event we would've had to of seen over 50 pieces or more a day for the entire week. There is something for everyone and plenty to across the city. With 60,000+ people, Black Rock City becomes the third largest city in Nevada during the event.
Attendees bring things to share with others, artwork food & experiences.
Burners functions under 10 principles:
Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
Gifting
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
Radical Self-reliance
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.
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Caption: Of course many people know burning man for the night life and there's plenty of it.
There is every kind of music on the playa and lots of glowing lights, artwork, and mutant vehicles to make it seem like a party before the depression hit on the planet Tatooine from Star Wars.
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Caption: Some of our camp mates built a dome called "Sound Puddle" that was sound reactive and lit up based on the tone and pitch of your voice.
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Caption: Cosmic Praise was an art project made by the Boston Burners. The minaret had a spark chamber in the very top, collecting cosmic rays and lighting it up like a lighthouse.
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Caption: Of course burning man wouldn't be complete without fire spinning!
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Caption: In the end the man must burn, and all things come to an end.
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Caption: I ended my journey at Black Rock City and caught a bus to San Francisco..
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Caption: ...but that's a story for another day.
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Caption: By Alecia Orsini #burningman #blackrockcity #playa #burners #travel #wanderlust #adventure
Thank you for coming on my adventure with me!
