San Francisco has long been the center of subversive and counter culture events. You haven't experienced the city until you do something ridiculous with a large group of people having fun simply because no one else would think to do it.
Bikes are huge at Burningman. Most people bring their own and modify them.
Black Rock City is the temporary city and home to the annual Burning Man event. Burning Man is an experiment in temporary community based on art, self expression, and radical self reliance.
Here's a true favorite of Half Dome photograph I took. I just loved how the details just pop and makes a magical wonder of Yosemite National Park can be like for any visitor to visit.
If you drive for approximately two hours northeast of Reno , Nevada one week before Labor Day you might see a few strange vehicles along the way. These "mutant vehicles" are headed to Burningman, a week-long event in the Black Rock Desert.
Many people at Burningman form small theme camps and provide amusement and entertainment for passers by. My favorite theme camp was Barbie Death Camp and Wine Bistro.
Set against the austere beauty of black rock desert, the art at burningman cannot be matched.
Burningman has been describes as "Disneyland Turned Upside Down". The emphasis is on community, artwork and self expression.
One woman's story of her trip to the Burningman festival.
Phase of the Moon on 9 September, 2006: waning gibbous with 94% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.