This last Burning Man 2005 post has been a long time coming - obviously, tickets for Burning Man 2006 are already on sale, and I'm plotting my return to the playa again.

But - in the spirit of always finishing things up 100%, in the very least, I thought should post some images of Burn Night here, even if the event itself is too distant in my memory now to be fully recollected in writing... only 222 days to Burn Night 2006!


Before the main event, there are always a bunch of fire spinners putting on a show.


The Man Burns!


The Man is down! Let the party begin.


In my wanderings that night, I met a kind and lovely Green Fairy who gave me a taste of Absinthe...


... saw a Phoenix burn ...




... and a post-burnpile crowd proved that the "naked-hippie-dancing-around-the-fire"-lore was not all it was cracked up to be.

Note to self: Do it all over again next August.

More photography is here