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