A wooden effigy of a man is erected each year in Nevada's Black Rock Desert and later burned down. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)
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The Temple of Hope, an art installation created by Mark Grieve, is set on fire Sunday, September 3, 2006, at the art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)
Photos: Scenes from Burning Man through the years
Burning Man festival participants gather at sunrise under the wood and neon structure that is the centerpiece of the event in the Black Rock Desert north of Gerlach, Nev., Monday, Aug. 26, 2002. More than 30,000 are expected to attend this year's week-long festival. (AP Photo/Debra Reid)
The Temple of Hope, an art installation created by Mark Grieve, is set on fire Sunday, September 3, 2006, at the 20-year-old art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)
The Man, a stick figured symbol of the Burning Man art festival, is silhouetted against a morning sunrise Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at the 20-year-old art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)
Mr. Mega Bolt creates lightning bolts as an expression of performance art during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999. The gathering, intented to be a celebration of radical free expression and self reliance, will host 20,000 people before its culmination on Saturday. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
A festival participant, wearing a ram's skull costume, pays his respects to the Burning Man, Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999, during the Burning Man festiva in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The gathering, intented to be a celebration of radical free expression and self reliance, will host 20,000 people before its culmination on Saturday when the Burning Man will go up in flames. (AP Photo/Joey Wallis)
A member of the Death Guild uses a cable-swing to transport herself from their campsite across the street to a structual rendition of the movie Mad Max's Thunderdome at Burning Man Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999, near Gerlach, Nev. The group held nightly dancing and fire juggling exhibitions in the structure. Billed as the largest outdoor arts festival in North America, Burning Man is a psychedelic adventure that combines wilderness camping with avante garde performance _ a Mardi Gras-like celebration on whatappears to be the surface of the moon. (AP Photo/ David Hunter)
Burning Man participants watch fireworks before a 70 foot wooden effigy is torched at the end of the 16th annual Burning Man counterculture festival on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, near Gerlach, Nev. (AP Photo/Debra Reid)
A cyclist rides by an art installation Monday, August 28, 2006, at the 20-year-old art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (photo by Ron Lewis)
A couple holds hands while cycling near The Man, a stick figured symbol of the Burning Man art festival, during a morning sunrise Saturday, Sept. 3, 2006, at the 20-year-old art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)
New York City artist Kate Raudenbush tightens bolts on her sculpture at Burning Man Sunday, August 27th, 2006, at the 20-year-old weeklong art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Ron Lewis)
Burning Man participants are reflected in an art piece on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2007 file photo, Burning Man festival participants walk in Center Camp in Gerlach, Nev. The #MeToo movement is making its way to Burning Man that begins Aug. 26-Sept. 3, 2018. Organizers are reminding attendees that just because the counterculture festival in the Nevada desert is known for occasional nudity and kinky landmarks like the "Orgy Dome," it doesn't mean it's a free-for-all when it comes to touching or non-consensual sex. (AP Photo/Brad Horn, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2008 file photo, Burning Man participants walk on the playa at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The #MeToo movement is making its way to Burning Man that begins Aug. 26-Sept. 3, 2018. Organizers are reminding attendees that just because the counterculture festival in the Nevada desert is known for occasional nudity and kinky landmarks like the "Orgy Dome," it doesn't mean it's a free-for-all when it comes to touching or non-consensual sex. (AP Photo/Brad Horn, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2007 file photo, a woman sits in a shelter during a dust storm on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival. The #MeToo movement is making its way to Burning Man that begins Aug. 26-Sept. 3, 2018. Organizers are reminding attendees that just because the counterculture festival in the Nevada desert is known for occasional nudity and kinky landmarks like the "Orgy Dome," it doesn't mean it's a free-for-all when it comes to touching or non-consensual sex. (AP Photo/Brad Horn, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2002 file photo the sun rises behind a wood and neon statue, the center piece of the annual Burning Man festival north of Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man organizers are considering requiring attendees to prove they've been vaccinated for COVID-19 if they move forward with plans to hold this year's counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert. But they have backed off an earlier announcement that they'd already decided to make shots mandatory, and won't decide for sure until the end of the month whether the event that was canceled last year due to the pandemic will even take place. (AP Photo/Debra Reid, File)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies on Aug. 29, 2022 shows center camp and rods ring road at the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, Nev. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies on Aug. 29, 2022 shows an overview of Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, Nev. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
Burning Man festival participants cruise the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
Burning Man festival participants enjoys the playa near an art installation in the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday morning, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
** RETRANSMITTING FOR LARGER FILE SIZE ** A woman sits in a shelter during a dust storm on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A stilt walker cruises the playa during the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
** RETRANSMITTING FOR LARGER FILE SIZE ** Burning Man participants wait for the Critical Titts bike event to begin on the playa at the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A rainbow is cast over the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A woman walks through a dust storm on the playa of the Black Rock Deset in Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, during the Burning Man festival. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
Tyson 'Solar' Puls puts gas into his RV at a gas station in Reno, Nev., on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, before traveling to the Black Rock Desert for the Burning Man Festival. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A Burning Man participant sleeps on a trampoline on the playa at the Black Rock Desert during the annual Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Burning Man is an annual cultural event which starts on the Monday before, and ends on the day of, the Labor Day holiday. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
Burning Man participants ride on the playa at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, during the Burning Man festival. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A camel powered by two men travels across the playa at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, during the Burning Man festival. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A Burning Man participant blows fire on the playa at the Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A Burning Man participant cuts metal on the playa at the Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man festival on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 near Gerlach, Nev.. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
Passengers arrive at the airport at Black Rock City during the Burning Man festival on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, near Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A an aerial view of the center camp in Black Rock City is seen during the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A Burning Man participant watches fire at an art installation at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival on Friday evening, Aug. 29, 2008. Burning Man is an annual art event and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
Burning Man participants wait for a dust storm to clear in the Jazz Cafe at the Black Rock Desert during the Burning Man festival on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
ZigZag, left, and Christ, kiss during a dust storm on the playa during the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at the Black Rock Desert. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
Burning Man participants wait for a dust storm to clear near Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival at the Black Rock Desert on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
Burning Man participants wait for a dust storm to clear during the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
