Over 39,000 Celebrate at Climax of Burning Man
Thousands of celebrants danced, hugged and cheered as the annual Burning Man counterculture festival climaxed with the traditional torching of its namesake object on the northern Nevada desert.
Accompanied by fireworks, the 40-foot-tall wooden figure known as “The Man” went up in flames Saturday night and tumbled to the playa of the Black Rock Desert, 110 miles north of Reno.
The crowd peaked at 39,100, up 6.6% over last year, a U.S. Bureau of Land Management official said. The event, which ends today, is held on public land managed by the agency.
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