Although the man was burned 5 days early this year, they constructed a new man in two days, it was finished and lit up by Thursday evening.
Burning Man was incredible this year as always, The weather was hot, and the dust storms were more severe than anything I have seen in the past 12 years, demolishing our shade structure and our tent.>
" Crude Awakening" by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith, Mark Perez and MonkeyBoy, featured Nine figurative steel sculptures, weighing 7 tons each and standing 30' tall, embody the faithful. In their various poses of worship from around the world, they bow down and reach forth to the Revered Oil Derrick, that icon of the religion which now stands above all others. The Derrick is a 90' tall wooden tower with stairs all the way to the sky. At any time, 200 people can amass on its upper platform while below, the nine faithful belch their fiery prayers from within and around their bodies. Each figure is bound by a participant-activated fire effect, created by Pyrokinetics. (from the Burning Man website) 
There was a beautiful sunrise Friday morning, but I am very tempted to clone out the mechanical lift in the center of the frame.
On Saturday night, after midnight, as the air raid siren wailed and the battleship smoke generator poured forth clouds of smoke, the Revered Oil Derrick lit up with an amazing fireworks display, followed by a flame gusher that exploded from the center of the tower, creating 2.4 gigawatts of raw power and a huge mushroom cloud of smoke and flame. Some say it was the largest flame cannon ever.
