A cluster in the Black Rock

[Smokecreek1]

Fun on the Black Rock-and they don't care what we think-they be just haven fun.

Smoke

 

[MarkBC]

Is this a dust storm? Or some kind of special effects?



Looks kinda cool, with "The Man" rising out of it...

 

[highz]

How did they build that "kissing couple"...or whatever it's called? It's huge! What's it made of?

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(screen capture from the live webcast)

Whatever it was made of, it was flammable. I saw it smoldering this morning on the ustream feed.

 

[ski3pin]

Is this a dust storm? Or some kind of special effects?

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Looks kinda cool, with "The Man" rising out of it...

I'd say dust. And to show what little real knowledge I have on this event, when do they burn him?

 

[MarkBC]

I'd say dust. And to show what little real knowledge I have on this event, when do they burn him?

Looks like it burns tomorrow (Saturday) night: Countdown

 

[craig333]

Unless theres an oops as has happened before.

 

[craig333]

Hmmm, hope no one got burned in that fireworks show. That didn't look good.

 

[ski3pin]

Whatever it was made of, it was flammable. I saw it smoldering this morning on the ustream feed.

Possibly it is inflated?

 

[takesiteasy]

Possibly it is inflated?

It is built out of wood (pic grabbed from the internets). The sculpture is called "Embrace":

 

[takesiteasy]

It's a pretty amazing construction. Here is an artist's conception of the interior from their Kickstarter page:

 

[MarkBC]

It is built out of wood (pic grabbed from the internets). The sculpture is called "Embrace":

Wow! Amazing!

 

[craig333]

They burned it thursday, looked like a mini burning man last night. Sad a lady got run over by an Art bus

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

This has been enjoyable to watch from afar.
The art work alone has been fantastic.
The "embrace" statue, what a lot of work involved.

Seeing the different vehicles that roam the playa WOW. Saw some sharks and a sailing ship this morning.
This has to have some huge organizing group to keep it all running and safe.
Frank

 

[craig333]

4:30 pm, looks like an FWC on a Toyota just drove by the camera.

 

[ski3pin]

Looking pretty empty out there......................................

 

[MarkBC]

Looking pretty empty out there......................................

Can you imagine the traffic jam -- or at least, very-slow line of traffic -- leading away from this?

On my way from Redding to Bend yesterday afternoon, along US 97 in south-central OR, I spotted a couple of (likely) post-burners. A 4Runner with a couple of bikes on the roof -- knobby bike tires white with alkaline-playa-type dust -- and another rig with the Burning Man symbol

on the back of their trailer -- both with WA plates.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

It must be quite a big job to clean up after all is finished.
Do you think some of the "unique" structures stay there?
The sculpture "embrace" sure had a lot of work go into it. What a shame to see it go up in flames or bulldozed over.
Oh well I guess that's what it's all about.

It was sure entertaining to watch though.

Frank

 

[MarkBC]

It must be quite a big job to clean up after all is finished.
Do you think some of the "unique" structures stay there?
...

Nothing significant remains when they're done with the clean-up. They make a point of making it all disappear afterwards, they say here on the Burning Man site:

By the time the event is completed and the volunteers leave, sometimes nearly a month after the event has ended, there will be no trace of the city that was, for a short time, the most populous town in the entire county.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Nothing significant remains when they're done with the clean-up. They make a point of making it all disappear afterwards, they say here on the Burning Man site:

By the time the event is completed and the volunteers leave, sometimes nearly a month after the event has ended, there will be no trace of the city that was, for a short time, the most populous town in the entire county.

That's nice to hear that it's that well cleaned up.
Frank

 

[MarkBC]

That's nice to hear that it's that well cleaned up.
Frank

Now, I've never actually gone there to inspect it myself -- so I can't personally verify how clean they leave it -- but I hear that the BLM enforces this requirement, and the BM guys (at least, the ones in charge) want to keep a green-cool-guy image.