Photos from Townsend, Delaware

camp-hon-1 / Phil at Camp Hon, a reference to Baltimore, at Playa del Fuego

camp-hon-2 / Phil at Camp Hon, a reference to Baltimore, at Playa del Fuego

campfire / Campfire at Playa del Fuego

chocolate-ceremony-1 / Sprinked with powerded chocolate at religious ceremony at Playa del Fuego

chocolate-ceremony-2 / Painted with chocolate at religious ceremony at Playa del Fuego

cigarette-man / Cigarette Man at Playa del Fuego

dance-dome / Dance dome at Playa del Fuego

drummers / While rain falls and mud spreads at Playa del Fuego, drummers gather under the central pavilion

fire-marshals / Playa del Fuego's own fire marshals on the final night at the burn (from left to right: unknown, "Booger," and Dusty)

fire-spinning-1 / Fire spinning on the final night of Playa del Fuego

fire-spinning-2 / Kathleen fire spinning on the final night of Playa del Fuego

glass-candles / Glass candles in the central pavilion at Playa del Fuego

happy-new-day-1 / Just four minutes left before Happy New Day at Playa del Fuego

happy-new-day-2 / Happy New Day at Playa del Fuego, a daily celebration

iron-chef-competition-1 / Iron chef competition, vegans against carnivores, at Playa del Fuego

iron-chef-competition-2 / Iron chef competition, vegans against carnivores, at Playa del Fuego

iron-chef-competition-3 / Iron chef competition, vegans against carnivores, at Playa del Fuego

iron-chef-competition-4 / Iron chef competition, vegans against carnivores, at Playa del Fuego

japanimation-marathon-1 / Japanimation marathon at Playa del Fuego

japanimation-marathon-2 / Japanimation marathon at Playa del Fuego

kathleen-and-date / Kathleen and Karl at Playa del Fuego

kathleen-camp / Kathleen in Camp Hon at Playa del Fuego

mud-puddle / Fireman "Fatboy" in a deep mud puddle at Playa del Fuego

muddy-combat-boots / Mud caked on elevated combat boots at Playa del Fuego

naked-guitarist / Naked guitarist on stage at Playa del Fuego

naked-sculpture-1 / Buttocks of naked sculpture on stage at Playa del Fuego

naked-sculpture-2 / Buttocks of naked sculpture on stage at Playa del Fuego

party-cheez / Party cheez at Playa del Fuego

playa-del-fuego / Mud, mud, and more mud at Playa del Fuego, the mid-Atlantic spinoff of Burning Man, held at a Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club

playa-del-fuego-welcome / Welcoming fire at Playa del Fuego, the mid-Atlantic spinoff of Burning Man, held at a Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club

practicing-fire-spinning / Practicing fire spinning with "poi" at Playa del Fuego

preparing-for-the-burn / Kate Guntermann preparing a massive bonfire at Playa del Fuego

puppet-show / Puppet show at Playa del Fuego

red-smoke / Red smoke at Playa del Fuego

rob-carlson / Rob Carlson on stage at Playa del Fuego

rocky-horror-picture-show / Rocky Horror Picture Show playing at Playa del Fuego, with Brad and Janet visible on the large screen

tent-camp / Tent camping, with bedraggled and forlorn husky dog, at Playa del Fuego

the-burn-1 / The burn on the final night of Playa del Fuego

the-burn-2 / The burn on the final night of Playa del Fuego

the-burn-3 / The burn on the final night of Playa del Fuego

wading-in-mud / Wading in mud at Playa del Fuego

wooden-sculpture / Wooden sculpture to be burned at Playa del Fuego