Sunday, September 29

The images of the rain and mud that trapped more than 70,000 people at the famous Burning Man festival

Some Burning Man festival-goers said they needed to get out, while others went with the flow and stayed through the rains.
Some Burning Man festival-goers said they needed to get out, while others went with the flow and stayed through the rains.

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More than 70,000 people were trapped at the Burning Man festival after heavy rain turned the land into a swamp.

The iconic activity takes place every year in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, United States.

Although some attendees were able to leave the venue as conditions improved, others were unable to leave because their vehicles were stranded in the mud.

The unusual storms came towards the end of the nine-day festival, when the biggest crowds arrive to see the grand finale: the burning of a giant wooden effigy.

The Man structure, which normally burns on Saturday night, looms over the Burning Man camp after a severe storm left tens of thousands of annual festival-goers stranded in the mud in Black Rock City, in the desert. of Nevada.
The end of the event, the burning of the man, was postponed to this Monday.
A Burning Man contestant pushes his way through the mud.
Some of the attendees came to the festival only for the weekend and did not bring enough food or water.
An attendee walks through the mud after heavy rain during the Burning Man event.
The festival takes place in the Black Rock Desert, which is usually dry and dusty.
A bicycle lying in the muddy ground during the Burning Man event.
Burning Man was founded in June 1986 and was first held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert in 1990.
A Burning Man attendee lying in the mud and water during the event.
Visitors create a temporary city in the middle of the desert and are expected to be largely self-sufficient while there.
Dub Kitty and Ben Joos, from Idaho and Nevada, walk through the mud at Burning Man after a night of dancing with friends.
The organizers recommend that participants keep their feet covered and wash them regularly.
People standing in the mud during the Burning Man event.
Event organizers have set up buses to pick up people on the highway and take them to the city of Reno, nearly 200 kilometers away.
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