Participants at the "Burning Man" festival play in the mud baths in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada (MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
BLACK ROCK DESERT, UNITED STATES: Dancers at the "Burning Man" festival create patterns with fireworks in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada just prior to burning a five-story, neon-lit effigy of a man on the last night of the week-long festival 06 September. Some 15,000 people attended the 1998 "Burning Man" festival, which reportedly began 13 years ago in San Francisco, and which always culminates in the burning of a giant effigy of a man. The festival has grown into one of the nation's annual premiere countercultural events, with the size doubling virtually every year and drawing people from as far away as Japan, Europe and Australia. AFP PHOTO Mike NELSON/ (Photo credit should read MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
A "Burning Man" participant holds up his arms as the wooden man effigy is burned at the conclusion of the week-long "Burning Man Festival" 06 September in the Black Rock Desert in the northwestern part of the state of Nevada. More than 15,000 people congregated at this man-made town in the desert to celebrate radical, creative self-expression. AFP PHOTO Mike NELSON/mn (MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert
Two men in costume walk on the desert at Black Rock City's Burning Man festival in Nevada 04 September 1999. Founded in 1986 by a group of fine artists, filmmakers and photographers, the annual event encourages a collaborative response from it's audience and a collaboration between artists. ( AFP PHOTO / Hector MATA)