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A timelapse video of Saturday evening, shot from a hillside on the Western edge of the Black Rock playa.

After the last rays of the sun paint the top of Old Razorback, night falls, and the timelapse shows the Man burning. Watch for the red flare just before the burn fireworks start. After the burn, I switched lenses to show a wider view of Black Rock City and this shot went until just before 4am when my batteries ran out.

Thanks to my wife Kirsten for her patience and willingness to watch the end of her sixth Burning Man from outside the trash fence.

Music is "Big BW" by Aotearoa's Fat Freddy's Drop. Thanks to the team of Kiwis for this year's magnificent Temple of Transition.

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  • burncast 5 months ago
    I love it!
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  • RYAN DETZEL plus 5 months ago
    Outstanding job! What a unique place to watch the burn.
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  • James Castro-Griffiths 5 months ago
    Amazing!
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  • Charlie Wan plus 5 months ago
    I was right at the first roll. It's amazing to see this from the other end. Thanks for sharing.
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  • Terry 5 months ago
    Great timelapse!
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  • Chris Wagganer 5 months ago
    Amazing! Kudos!
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  • Diggable Monkey plus 5 months ago
    I've been to 9 burns and never once been closer than the esplanade to watch the Man burn. It's even better from further back. Thanks!
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  • Jimmy Greenwood 5 months ago
    Utter brilliance!!! Would you object to me replacing the soundtrack to something poignant to a memory of the night to share on our group wall in Facebook (leaving your credit in of course) We were the HMS XS at 3 o'clock between esplanade and Anniversary.
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  • Blake Kimmel 5 months ago
    oh myyyy. Got the shot.
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  • Ion Cinema plus 5 months ago
    Amazing. The playa has more lights than las vegas.
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  • Dillon Morris plus 5 months ago
    Gts
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  • Rich Van Every plus 5 months ago
    Nice perspective. Would love to connect with you about a Burning Man Film were making. Thanks.
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  • MO7S 5 months ago
    Such a great year!!! Goose bumping video!! Thank you!!
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  • Chris Giordano plus 5 months ago
    What a fantastic sight to see. Beautiful work, thanks for taking the time to create & share this!
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  • Stephen Spaulding 5 months ago
    Great work you guys. Thanks for the sacrifice that evening to shoot such a clean timelapse. Wish I could've made it this year, but the surf on the west coast was pretty historic that week... isomerproductions
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  • Nicholas Curran 5 months ago
    Just wonderful to watch...so nice that Saturday night was so clear. Great job!
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  • Joshua McCormack 5 months ago
    great job and nice choice of music! kiwi's what
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  • Ali N plus 5 months ago
    Awesome! I just posted a short movie for this year's BM too and our camp's experience... vimeo.com/29361068
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  • Lance Leopold 5 months ago
    Nice time lapse photography...I was out there as a Temple crew member...."Gone But Not Forgotten" That's Chris "Kiwi"Hankins and Ian "Beave" Beaverstock and Diarmaid "Irish"Hokan and Ken the architect that made the "Temple of Transition" possible and of course a cast of hundreds.
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  • pxlstylee 5 months ago
    WOW! thank you, thats beautiful!!!
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  • angel pai 4 months ago
    thank you for 'sacrificing' your day to film this away from the burn itself. what a beautiful little gem to view it from afar. a wave of peace washed over me just now viewing it
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  • WeirdFishInThePool 4 months ago
    incredible!
    this video makes me love this place even more. it was my first burn this year & it wont be my last one.
    thanks for sharing!
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  • Shortboy12 4 months ago
    This is a magnificent lights show. I find it particularly interesting to observe how to stars move. Great work.
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  • firefigure plus 4 months ago
    wow,,,
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