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Mesmerizing Photos From Burning Man 2017

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Black Rock City, the temporary city constructed in the middle of Black Rock Desert every summer in occasion of the world’s craziest and biggest festival: Burning Man.

70,000 gathered in the desert once more this past week for 10 days of full immersion at the annual Burning Man arts and music festival, an event that has been taking place since 1986 and that attracts people from all corners of the globe.

Radical self-expression, music and art are part-and-parcel of the experience, all commanded by the 10 principles of Burning Man, which include radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, self-reliance, effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy.

Check out a selection of amazing pictures from the Playa. Each can be sourced to Instagram by the relevant photographer handle in the caption.

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The Black Rock Desert Floods and What They Mean For Burning Man 2017

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Planning to make the yearly trip to Black Rock City this summer?

It is likely you’ve seen videos and sensationalistic headlines claiming that the annual pilgrimage to Burning Man may be canceled this year due to heavy rain falls and resultant floodings.

Local reporters from the Reno Gazette-Journal, a news outlet that is part of the USA Today network, took a trip to Black Rock Desert a couple of months ago to check out the situation and report on the impact it may have on Burning Man. What they found was knee-deep water which they were able to kayak on, a giant mud puddle from the heavy rains that fell in Northern Nevada in January and February of this year. See below for videos and photos of the current scene.

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