Thursday, September 6, 2007

Deep end rainbow



A significant dust storm and white out was followed by a rain shower, then cleared out and left a wonderful rainbow in its place. Everyone I talked to said it was the best rainbow they had EVER seen, and people were asking, "where were you when you saw the rainbow" all evening. Pity the poor burners who were hiding out in their RVs waiting for the storm to pass and missed this spectacle.

Cubatron display at burning man 2007

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The cubatron is a 360' grid of pingpong balls, each with an RGB LED that is individually controlled within the group. Amazing waves of color and light swirl around the cubatron, dancing to an unknown input. Is it responding to the music, or just following random patterns?

Fire blasts at burning man

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Large blasts of fire dancing randomly (or rythmically)

FireDancer at burning man 2007

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This firedancer was practicing outside of the ring around the burning man during the burn event.

Firewheel

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Steel boxes of burning embers spinning on the playa.

Oil Derrick fireworks and explosion

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I compiled a series of videos leading up to the explosion of the oil derrick. There was no countdown, so I missed the beginning of the explosion, and my camera doesn't zoom during video, so that's why I didn't zoom out to record the height of the plume.

Temple of forgiveness burn and collapse

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A short video showing successive stages of the temple burn, ending with the collapse of the temple. The temple of forgiveness was the centerpiece of the 2007 burning man festival, a somber and spiritual place for burners to respect and honor those who were loved (and hated).