The week-long Burning Man festival officially began Sunday.
While most festival-goers are currently in traffic en route to the "playa," as the desert land is called, some are already there live-tweeting:
Cell reception on the playa this year?! Now I can livetweet Bman which I know is what everyone (no one) asked for! pic.twitter.com/qNdFRIGZ63
— Nellie Bowles (@NellieBowles) August 30, 2015
Current status: everyone on this burner bus has camelbacks full of booze. Outside is a dust storm and it's coming in. I'm wearing a mask
— Nellie Bowles (@NellieBowles) August 30, 2015
Burning Man: The "before" picture.
Today at Black Rock City in between dust storms. pic.twitter.com/2JpHMtYI7O
— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) August 29, 2015
Black Rock City, Burning Man 2015. pic.twitter.com/DXZft1BZPD
— Noel Cornell (@noelc) August 30, 2015
Morning hugs at #burningman2015. One of the best parts of waking up in community. pic.twitter.com/9ibwYQ6PER
— Alexis Neely (@AlexisNeely) August 30, 2015
The bugs are gone from #BurningMan. This moth is the first non-human I've seen in nearly 48 hours. pic.twitter.com/5F3OCsLhGv
— Trevor Hughes (@TrevorHughes) August 30, 2015Get the latest updates via the official Burning Man Twitter feed.
While the livestream is from fairly far away, here's a closer look at some of what past years have had to offer:
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