Those timid, buttoned-down people who didn’t make the pilgrimage to Nevada’s scorching hot Black Rock Desert for Burning Man 2016 need not worry that they missed out on a soul-enriching experience they will cherish forever. Plenty of bold people with cameras were there for the just concluded, eight-day event, a much-ballyhooed annual celebration of art, community, and self-expression, and the whole thing’s been uploaded to Instagram. As it so happens, the popular photo-sharing platform has a tool that allows users to see posts from specific regions and locations. In this case, the location is Black Rock City, a temporary hamlet that exists only for the duration of Burning Man each year. It’s kind of a Brigadoon situation, only with scantier clothing and way more fire. In truth, Burning Man is the kind of large-scale happening that begs to be photographed, and some truly eye-popping images have emerged from this year’s gathering. Like this one, for instance, uploaded by luizaottoni:
It’s like Mad Max: Fury Road has been realized as an immersive, theme park experience. This whimsical vehicle, meanwhile, seems like it was plucked from a psychedelic comic book or maybe an animated student film.
And since this is Burning Man, how about a little fire, Scarecrow?