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NASA: Burning Man Festivalgoers Saturated by Late Season Storms

Campers at Burning Man, an annual arts festival in Nevadaโ€™s Black Rock Desert, might typically expect to bake in the late summer sun on a dusty playa. In September 2023, however, attendees encountered a bout of unusually heavy rain that turned the pancake-flat desert basin into a sea of mud. Related: Burning Man or Drowning Man? โ€” Record Rainfalls in […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 8, 2023
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Burning Man or Drowning Man? โ€” Record Rainfalls in Nevada Turn Desert Festival into Mud Pit

Around 70,000 people are currently trapped at the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert, NV. The remote desert area in northwest Nevada was hit with three monthsโ€™ worth of rain in the 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday, September 1 and 2. The unprecedented heavy rainfalls turned the arid, dry desert sand into a clay-like mud, rendering vehicles of […]

Julia Schneemann | September 3, 2023
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[VIDEO] First Test of Portable Ski Slope at Burning Man Festival, NV, Shows Success

Burning Man is held every year from August 27 through September 4 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada and creates a temporary city that promotes art, self-expression, and self-reliance. The temporary city is named Black Rock City, with the festival’s mission being to guide, nurture and protect the more permanent community created by its culture. It all started in […]

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What is Burning Man?

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It’s August, and that means it’s time for Burning Man. The annual event (except for a two-year break during the covid years) where tens of thousands of free-spirited adventurous people make the pilgrimage out to the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada for the week-long event. For some of you, this brings an instant smile to your face, for others […]

Jesse Cassidy | August 14, 2023
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Nevada’s Burning Man Festival is Getting a Ski Slope This Summer

Burning Man is held every year from August 27 through September 4 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada and creates a temporary city that promotes art, self-expression, and self-reliance. The temporary city is named Black Rock City, with the festival’s mission being to guide, nurture and protect the more permanent community created by its culture. It all started in […]

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Avatar photo Gregg Frantz | August 9, 2023
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Burning Man Canceled For Second Year Running | Will Return in 2022

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Burning Man organizers announced yesterday that the festival in Nevadaโ€™s Black Rock Desert will not go ahead for the second year running.ย Burning Man brings in $60 million each year to the local economy, according to Burning Manโ€™s own economic analysis. 2020 was the first time since the festival began in 1986 that it has had to be canceled. Burning Man […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 28, 2021
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Burning Man Canceled for First Time EVER | Spirit of the Event Will Continue in the ‘Multiverse’

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Burning Man organizers announced Friday that the festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert will not go ahead this year in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus.ย Burning Man brings in $60 million each year to the local economy, according to Burning Man’s own economic analysis. It is the first time since the festival began in 1986 that it […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 14, 2020
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58-Arrests @ Burning Man This Year… | Sexual Assault, Assault w/ Deadly Weapon, Drugs, More

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Contrary to popular belief that there is no law enforcement at Black Rock City in the Nevada desert, this year’s Burning Man, which came to an end yesterday, resulted in 58 arrests.ย This is a marked increase on last year’s 43 and the same as the 58 in 2017. Every year tens of thousands of people travel to the Black Rock […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 3, 2019
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