The Best of This Year’s Burning Man Installations

Now that the dust’s finally starting to settle in the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada (though we’re pretty sure most of it came home with us – despite the torrential rain), we can take stock of the incredible art installations that came to be at this year’s “Caravansary”-themed Burning Man.

“Embrace” by day and, below, by night. This is a self-described “testament to the moment, a cathedral dedicated to the beauty of immediacy. This is a sculpture made to honor all of the relationships in our lives, a pilgrimage through our bodies and our minds.”

With a 5 mph speed limit across the playa, the only traffic you’ll encounter is of the two-wheeled variety (unless you get stuck behind a parade of mutant vehicles).

Building a pyre beneath ‘the Man’ in preparation for his ritual burning.

And the desert temperature rises …

Now we get into art with a message clear enough to comprehend from miles away:

And then back to some structural wonder.

But really, BM is all about the wonderfully wacky people who attend. Here’s a human jungle gym of some of our favorites.

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