www.burningman.com

bird eye view: http://anax.pictearth.com/bm07ve/

my list of things to do in my lifetime is now one item shorter! (and what an item)

pics by others:
http://public.fotki.com/lsdima/mbm07/
http://public.fotki.com/yantarik/travels/burning-man-2007/burning-man/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/in4ik/sets/72157601887611152/
http://www.reyf.com/114_BurningMan07/index.html
http://picasaweb.google.com/levikcom/2007BurningMan
http://public.fotki.com/kudesnitsa/trips-to-other-places/burning-men-2008/
http://public.fotki.com/LEHKA/travel/burning-man-2007/
http://public.fotki.com/choodak/vacations/laketahoe/
http://public.fotki.com/choodak/vacations/burning-man-2007/
http://public.fotki.com/luchnikov/2007/burning-man-2007
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BMkaravan/links/2007_Green_Man_pictures_001188962159/
http://public.fotki.com/Reina121/2007/burning-man---green-man/
http://public.fotki.com/galchonok/burning-man/burning-man-2008/

bazaaar catapulting of the piano into the desert and the burning of the temple all in one night :)

Crude Awakening
by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith, Mark Perez and MonkeyBoy
Nine figurative steel sculptures, weighing 7 tons each and standing 30' tall, embody the faithful. In their various poses of worship from around the world, they bow down and reach forth to the Revered Oil Derrick, that icon of the religion which now stands above all others. The Derrick is a 90' tall wooden tower with stairs all the way to the sky. At any time, 200 people can amass on its upper platform while below, the nine faithful belch their fiery prayers from within and around their bodies. Each figure is bound by a participant-activated fire effect, created by Pyrokinetics. On Friday night at 10 pm, as the air raid siren wails and the battleship smoke generator pours forth its malevolent cloud, the Revered Oil Derrick will light up with a fire display like none before or ever after. A flame gusher will then explode from the center of the tower, creating 2.4 gigawatts of raw power in only one minute. You will bear witness to the largest flame cannon in history and the tower will fall.

At the strike of noon on Saturday, we invite everyone to welcome a new day and to participate in the secret completion of this artistic installation/performance.

URL: www.headlesspoint.com/crude_awakening/

awesome awesome awesome
(a 'bit' blurry)

-getting there
-getting set up
-cheking stuff out

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans...

yeah ... we decided to go wash off all that dust...