The biggest party under the Nevada sun has come and gone, with around 65000 performers and free spirits gathering to form a temporary city based on radical self-expression. Burning Man, as always was quite the spectacle and here are 26 pictures to prove it

 

1. The road to Burning Man

2. The Playa

A view of the Playa and the Man during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada(Image Courtesy: Jim Urquhart)

3. Hanging out by the Embrace
4. Namaste?
5. A Dinosaur art car

6. The flying zoetrope.

“A zoetrope is an old-school type of animation that creates the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of poses showing progressive phases of that motion.”

7. Now that’s the kind of car I would like to drive around
8. Pulse & bloom by day…

The art installation Pulse & Bloom is seen during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada(Image Courtesy: Jim Urquhart)

9. …by night.

The art installation Pulse & Bloom is seen at nigth during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada(Image Courtesy: Jim Urquhart)

10. Inside The Temple of Grace


11. Fancy a few rounds?

12. The Thunderdome

A crowd watches as two fighters battle in the Thunderdome during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada(Image Courtesy: Jim Urquhart)

13. Rainbow desert, much like rainbow dessert

 14. Peace Love & Flash

 15. Uh, who invited Daler Mahendi?

16. Motivational road signs were a thing

17. The Embrace by day

People interact with art installations during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada(Image Courtesy: Jim Urquhart)

18. Which looked even better by night

People look at the art installation Embrace during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada(Image Courtesy: Jim Urquhart)

19. Indeed

20. Hey mister, can I take a selfie?

21. 

Dillon Bracken and Atalya Stachel dance during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada(Image Courtesy: Jim Urquhart)

22. Robot hearts

23. I don’t know, you tell me

24. A writing sesh at Black Rock City

25. Time for wedding

26. Here comes the Burn