Bingram Lai explores "Zonotopia and the Two Trees" during Burning Man 2012, on August 29, 2012. #

An aerial view of Black Rock City, the Burning Man 2012 campground in the Black Rock Desert, on August 30, 2012. #

An aerial view shows the center of Black Rock City during Burning Man 2012, on August 30, 2012. #

Mountain Spirit (left) and Shooting Star, their Playa names, dance in the desert during Burning Man 2012, on September 1, 2012. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart #

The Samurais dance at sunrise in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, on August 31, 2012. #

Steven Babson (left) and Lila Wright sit at the Temple of Juno at sunrise, on August 29, 2012. #

The Temple of Juno, at sunrise during Burning Man 2012, on August 29, 2012. #

Libriel Padilla watches the sunrise as it is obscured by smoke from a distant wildfire during Burning Man 2012, on August 29, 2012. #

A 50-foot tall wooden art installation "Anubis" burns on the Playa during Burning Man 2012, on August 31, 2012. #

Sophie Keel (left) and Emilyne Love dance around the burned remains of the Anubis art installation, on August 31, 2012. #

Participants watch the flames from "El Pulpo Mecanico" during Burning Man 2012, on August 29, 2012. #

Eric Yttri plays a flaming tuba in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, on August 30, 2012. #

An art installation titled "La Llorona" part of the Burning Man 2012 "Fertility 2.0" arts and music festival, on August 31, 2012. #

Performance artist Jovis makes his way through Center Camp, on September 1, 2012. #

People gather at sunrise at the Temple of Juno before it is burned, in the Black Rock Desert, on September 2, 2012. #

Ruth Kidd explores the art piece "Ego" before sunrise, on August 29, 2012. #

Hallie McConlogue stays cool, partially submerged in a fishbowl helmet, during Burning Man 2012, on August 31, 2012. #

Mementos and messages are left on the Temple of Juno before it is burned, on September 2, 2012. #

Art car "The Sperminator" cruises the Playa, on August 31, 2012. #

Two men bare-knuckle fight in the Thunder Dome during Burning Man 2012, on August 31, 2012. #

People explore an art installation in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, on September 2, 2012. #

Zane Salzetti (left) kisses Memory Collins while artwork that is part of the Circle of Regional Effigies is burned, on August 30, 2012. #

Participants watch as artwork that is part of the Circle of Regional Effigies burns during Burning Man 2012, on August 30, 2012. #

Kitten, her Playa name, watches part of the Circle of Regional Effigies burn, on August 30, 2012. #

The art installation "Star Seed", during Burning Man 2012, on September 2, 2012. #

Rainbow Fish (left) and Ambidrextrous, their Playa names, enjoy a bottle of wine and a kiss at sunrise in the Black Rock Desert, on August 31, 2012. #

Ciberfy, his Playa name, dances at sunrise in the Black Rock Desert, on August 31, 2012. #

An art installation on the Playa, at sunrise, on August 31, 2012. #

A man with the Playa name "Shaft" rides his bicycle in the Unicorn Stampede, on August 29, 2012. #

A skydiver descends to the Playa during Burning Man 2012, on August 29, 2012. #

"Nick", his Playa name, rides across the desert, on August 29, 2012. #

Flames shoot from an art car during Burning Man 2012, on September 1, 2012. #

A multi-building art installation titled "Burn Wall Street", in the Black Rock Desert, on September 2, 2012. #

The Temple of Juno goes up in flames, on September 2, 2012. #

Ingelise Titheradge cries as the Temple of Juno burns, on September 2, 2012. #

The Man is engulfed in flames during Burning Man 2012, on September 1, 2012. #

Fireworks go off as The Man is burned in the Black Rock Desert, on September 1, 2012. #

A man jumps over the burning remains of the wall of the Temple of Juno during Burning Man 2012, on September 2, 2012. #

Two people pull their suitcases through the sand as they make their way home, after the conclusion of Burning Man 2012, on September 2, 2012. #