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| I added two cigarette lighter sockets to this battery box, one for solar panel input and one for 12V output. We used it to power 6 fluorescent lights in our camp. |
| A life-size "Shrek" greets those North-bound at the Empire General Store (about an hour from Burning Man). Either they are targeting a tourist crowd or they don't get Burners... |
| I've only just arrived at the ticket-check station and already I feel dry and dusty. |
| I never found out how people get up on those tall bikes. There sure were a lot of them... |
| Our neighbor George and his crew had a parachute on PVC pipe arches. They also had a sink, the drain for which can be seen emptying onto the big black gray-water evaporation tarp. |
| Edwin had a very comfortable dome with a DJ station and a carpeted floor. |
| "Koke's Camp", across the street, had two cargo containers, a big rig, and space for (I think) 18 tents under that super-tight canopy. That canopy did not move when the wind blew. |
| People took about 80 pairs of my earplugs, my gift to those not getting any sleep because of the noise. |
| My canopy. "Camp Earplug", or "Brad and the Four CC's", depending on the time of day. |
| Smoke rings were frequently produced in the afternoon. For reference, this one is probably about 75 feet across. |
| My ghetto skirt made from remnants of the fabric I tried to make into pants. I wrote the program that generated the fractal on my shirt. |
| The Thinker, out behind the Man. This was actually hollow, and events were scheduled in it. |
| A bear followed by her cubs. |
| More cubs. The bears were actually trailing behind the guy with the swirl to the far right. |
| A Runabout from Star Trek, and quite well done. |
| The first four panels of "My Dad". |
| The second four panels of "My Dad". |
| This dome contained only eight printed panels describing its owner's father. Extraordinarily compelling, and very intimate. |
| Mr. Snuffleupagus! (Check out the Wikipedia page on Mr. Snuffleupagus.) |
| A teapot dome. |
| From just a few feet under the Man. Burners could actually turn the man this year by hand. |
| My climbing buddy's brother-in-law, Simon. |
| Workin' the skirt thing. But once again my endearing smile looks terrible in a photo. |
| The girls introduce our neighbor, Johnny, to Phase-10. |
| Virg looks up. I guess she was winning. |
| Brad and Jack, old college buddies. You can tell my tie-die skirt is getting more ragged as the days have passed. And I now have extreme playa hair. |
| The Man before the burn. |
| As soon as the Man's arms rose, the firedancing began. I couldn't imagine a fire act that wasn't performed, short of someone setting themselves on fire. |
| Then the fireworks started. |
| An entire Fourth-Of-July's worth of fireworks went off in about thirty seconds. |
| Which started Burning the Man. |
| After the Burn, I saw a giant Cheshire cat. |
| I also saw a giant lit head driving around. The eyes swiveled. |
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| This fellow had a sail attached to his skateboard, but wasn't getting quite enough wind. |
