As Burning Man comes to a close for another year, Reuters has shared stunning photos of the raucous 2014 event taken by photographer Jim Urquhart.
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More than 65,000 people from all over the world gathered at the sold-out festival to spend a week in the remote Black Rock Desert in Nevada, cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops. Pictured: The art installation The Super Pool.
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The art installation Pulse & Bloom
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Wade Harrell (left) and his wife, Heather Harrell, geared up for the dust.
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People interact with art installations during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada August 26, 2014. People from all over the…
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The art installation Pulse & Bloom
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A pirate ship cruises the Playa.
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Participants watch the art installation Embrace burn.
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An aerial view during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada August 27, 2014. People from all over the world have…
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Dillon Bracken
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Dillon Bracken attends the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over 65,000 people from all over the world…
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Mutant vehicles and participants make their way across the Playa during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2014….
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Participants are engulfed in dust before the Man burns during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over…
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A view of the Playa and the Man
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The Man is engulfed by a dust storm during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2014. Over 65,000…
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The Temple of Grace before it is burned.
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The Temple of Grace burns.
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The art installation “Embrace”
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Dillon Bracken (L) and Atalya Stachel dance during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over 65,000 people…
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Dillon Bracken (L) and Atalya Stachel dance during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over 65,000 people…
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The Man burns during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over 65,000 people from all over the…
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The Temple of Grace burns on the last day of the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 31, 2014. Over…
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A participant dances as the Temple of Grace burns on the last day of the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada,…
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The Minaret art installation
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People dance for a DJ at the Dancetronauts mutant vehicle.
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Participants watch as the Temple of Grace burns on the last day of the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August…
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Rachael Neubauer (L) and James Wheeler dance during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over 65,000 people…
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Gwen Barker (left) and Rezwan Khan play on a swing art installation.
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The Man burns during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over 65,000 people from all over the…
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Fireworks shortly before the Man burns.
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Participants blow flames during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. Over 65,000 people from all over the…
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A mutant vehicle drives through a dust storm during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2014. Over 65,000…
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Participants climb the Eidolon Panspermia Ostentatia Duodenum art installation.
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A mutant vehicle drives across the Playa during the Burning Man 2014 “Caravansary” arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 28, 2014. People from all…
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Participants interact with the Alien Siege Machine.
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A crowd watches as two fighters battle in the Thunderdome.
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The art installation “Embrace”
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Participants climb the Minaret art installation.
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