(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks explode around the man, at the the start of the burn, during Burning Man,during Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jennifer Alverado, from San Francisco, performs aerial acrobatics, suspended from the Rainbow Bridge, by San Francisco artist Josh Zubkoff, at Burning Man, during Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tiana Powell from Rancho Cucamonga dances with fire at sunrise, during Burning Man, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A bike speeds down the Sconic Runway by Warren Trezevant and Rob Jensen, at Burning Man, during Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Friday, August, 30, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) "Hexatron" by Mark Lottor, a forest of 486 20ft tall LED light poles, arranged in a hexagon, at Burning Man, Friday, August 31, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks surround the man, at the the start of the burn, during Burning Man,during Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Joel Bedman from San Francisco, painted his face for Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) THe Galaxia Temple, designed by French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani, at Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sea turtle made of polished stainless steel titled "Cosmic Voyager" by Martin Taylor and The Chromaforms Collective glows in the evening, at Burning Man, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Burning Man explodes into flames ruing the annual burn, at Burning Man, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stacy Iriesoul from Toronto, performs aerial acrobatics, suspended from the Rainbow Bridge, at Burning Man, during Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) An art car built like a boat, drives on the playa at Sunrise, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) the Orb, designed by Danish architects Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange, at Burning Man, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lisa Caraway from Los Angeles, performs aerial acrobatics, suspended from the Rainbow Bridge, at Burning Man, during Burning Man, a week long celebration of art and radical self expression, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) "In Case We Miss Each Other" an art installation by Ilya Barannikov, Soul Oceans at sunrise at Burning Man, Saturday, September 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Burning Man revelers enjoy a swing, at Burning Man, Friday, August 31, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bruna Abreu, from Brazil, dances at Burning Man, Saturday, September 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hank Willis Thomas art project "All Power to the People" at Burning Man, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Friday, August 31, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The The Burning Man during Burning Man, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018.
The Burning Man went up in flames Saturday night during the Burning Man festival, a weeklong celebration of art and “radical self-expression.” More than 70,000 revelers traveled to the Black Rock Desert, two hours north of Reno, Nev., for the experience.
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