thank you! you should come out. it's fun :)

i'm buying my ticket this week! do cameras really get messed up by the dust and sand?

yeah, you will not escape dust behind your lens - you can see the results briefly in vimeo.com/351048 - when the sun shines on the lens during the bus ride - also in a few of Mark Day's vimeo posts as well.

the camera still works fine, but I have no idea how to clean the inside of the lenses - I'd recommend bringing a camera you don't mind getting a bit dusty - or you could try ziplocking it like a friend of mine did, but that's a pain in the ass and you'll still worry.

hey, look for the jelly out on the playa this year - we got a grant!

damn that sucks. i've seen people take some pretty expensive cameras there and always wondered. i'm staying at a camp called Bat Country (i think). maybe see ya there!

I don't know - I suppose there are ways to avoid camera-fubarage, but the dust is so pervasive - and especially if you get caught in multiple storms like I did - I don't see how. I suspect this year we will have had more winter precipitation on the playa, so there may be less dust - last year was spectacularly windy and dusty!

If I hear of Bat Country I'll check for you - and if you see the Jellyfish 12000 on the playa come say hello :)