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Burning Man ignites the night in Black Rock Desert

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fireworks explode as the man starts to burn, in the Black Rock Desert, 100 miles north of Reno, NV, Saturday, September 2, 2017.

More than 70,000 people converged in the Black Rock Desert in the past week for the Burning Man festival — an event that celebrates art and music.

Here are some scenes from the fire spectacular from Tribune photographer Rick Egan.