The Burn 2018

Photographs of the Burn at Burning Man 2018 in Black Rock City, Nevada

Fire dancers

Fire dancers perform in front of the Man before the Burn

Black Rock City, NV, USA

The Man's last salute

The Man raises its arms before the Burn

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Burning megaphone

Two fire dancers perform before the Burn

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Fire fans

A fire dancer performs with fire fans

Black Rock City, NV, USA

White fireworks

Exploding fireworks surround the Man

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Man afire

Flames consume the Man

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Fully aflame

The Man burns as fireworks explode overhead

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Curtain of white fire

The burning Man half-hidden by white firework trails

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Fireball with fireworks

A fireball rises from the Man's plinth

Black Rock City, NV, USA

The Burn

Fireballs and fireworks explode above the Man

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Fireballs

Fireballs explode around the burning Man

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Pink firework

A firework explodes above the Man

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Survivors

Art installations Mel's Makerbot and Wendigo Electrafryed stand against a sea of flame

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Steps on fire

The steps of the Man's plinth burn through

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Wendigo

The Wendigo Electrafryed statue remains intact

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Burning plinth

The Man's platform is now fully consumed by fire

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Sea of fire

Fire boils upward from the plinth

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Backlit

A woman with a headdress of lights backlit by fre

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Skeletal remains

The structure of the plinth is exposed by the fire

Black Rock City, NV, USA

Firefighters

Firefighters silhouetted against the fire

Black Rock City, NV, USA