See related story: Slice of Heaven in the Desert
Davor Atles fires up a village burn barrel with his trusty blowtorch.
Burning Man's center camp cafe is in near white-out conditions during an afternoon dust storm.
Amacker Bullwinkle and friend in front of Bullwinkle's prized fire-breathing dragon bike, Justice.
Two angels share an amorous moment atop the mutant vehicle FishAmok.
After a downpour the week before Burning Man's opening, a participant examines his "playa boots."
Temple of Stars
, to some the signature art piece at Burning Man 2004, is a quarter of a mile long and 100 feet tall.
A couple celebrates sunset in Black Rock City with some hula-hoop performance art.
The bunny slippers -- matching mutant vehicles -- relax at home.
The up-all-nighters and the early risers meet as the sun rises over Burning Silicon's Pagoda of Infinite Reflection.
Constellations: Cosmos, Memory, Matter
by David Biggs and some other large-scale art pieces are found only by those participants who wander into the deep, open playa.
Jadu Beta
, one of Burning Man 2004's most-heralded big-art installations.
The Man
itself is raised.
One of Burning Man's hundreds of mutant vehicles arrives on the back of an RV trailer.
Lisa Pimental -- aka Little P -- demonstrates a home remedy at the Temple of the Gospel of Platypus Love.
In the three-figure heat of a Black Rock City afternoon, little could be more improbable than an ice cream social, attended in this case by dozens of participants and even a rooster.
Mr. and Mrs. Bad prepare to take their vows in a shotgun wedding at Spock Mountain Research Labs, a Burning Man theme camp.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
.
The Man
is hoisted onto its giant geodesic-dome platform.
