The surreal landscape of Burning Man 2013

Selam Borges plays on a trampoline at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 29, 2013.

Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather for Burning Man in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. This year's festival was held Aug. 26 - Sept. 2, 2013.

People relax inside "Center Camp" at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 29, 2013.

A sailboat art car drives across the playa at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 30, 2013.

The "Man" burns on the Black Rock Desert at the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 31, 2013.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Mark Turney said more than 61,000 people turned out for the weekend Burning Man outdoor art and music festival in the Black Rock Desert.

A young woman walks through the dusty playa at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 28, 2013.

People sit inside an art installation at sunset at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 30, 2013.

People gather outside a temple art structure at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 28, 2013.

People gather at the "Photo Chapel" at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 28, 2013.

A woman stops to look at the art around Center Camp at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 30, 2013.

A man walks past an art piece at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 29, 2013.

A man in a bird costume walks around in stilts next to the "Photo Chapel" at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev. Aug. 30, 2013.

A "Mobile Board Room" moves along the playa at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 29, 2013.

People bang on drums to make monkey effigies spin in an interactive sculpture at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 30, 2013.

The "Man" sculpture is illuminated after sunset at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 30, 2013.

A band plays on top of a bus at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 29, 2013.

A woman rides a bicycle on the playa after sunset at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 30, 2013.

A couple kisses at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 28, 2013.

A man in a priest outfit walks away from the "Photo Chapel" at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 30, 2013.

People gather inside a temple at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 28, 2013.

Sam Ray visits the "Baby Head" art piece at Burning Man in Gerlach, Nev., Aug. 29, 2013.