The Man is burned during the Burning Man 2011 "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada September 3, 2011. More than 50,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year.
Firefighters stand near the remains of The Man after it was burned during the Burning Man 2011 "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, September 3, 2011
Participants and large art cars stream across the Black Rock Desert in the early hours of the morning after a giant Trojan horse art project was burned (seen burning behind a large art car filled with people that is also shaped like a horse) during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in Nevada, September 3, 2011.
Participant Kevin Wagter (C), dressed as the "Dust Demon", walks across the playa during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, September 4, 2011. More than 50,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year
Stacey Aguilar makes "mancakes" in the hot ash at the base where the effigy of The Man was burned during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, September 4, 2011. More than 50,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year.
Susanna Nordrum (L) and Stacey Aguilar make "mancakes" in hot ash at the base where the effigy of The Man was burned during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, September 4, 2011.
Participant Kevin Wagter, dressed as the "Dust Demon", walks across the playa during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, September 4, 2011.
Xander Shepherd and Cole Purdy (front, in grey) sleep at the base where the effigy of The Man was burned during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, September 4, 2011.
Participant Kevin Wagter, dressed as the "Dust Demon", walks across the playa during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada, September 4, 2011. More than 50,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year
A participant dressed in a checkered mylar bodysuit lit by laser lights sits on on his bicycle while talking to a friend in the Black Rock Desert in the early hours of the morning during the Burning Man "Rites of Passage" arts and music festival in Nevada, September 3, 2011. More than 50,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year
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