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Burning Man sculpture spelling out mom in capital letters

Location: Black Rock Desert, Nevada

Date: September 2009

Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III

ID Number: #6B225153


  Other photographs in the "burning man 2009" collection:

Dust and a long line of cars at the entrance to Burning Man on Monday afternoon

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The 2009 Burning Man, atop a DNA strand representing evolution

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Walkable labyrinth at 2009 Burning Man

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Flaming powered tetherball at Burning Man, an art installation called The Chaotick

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Fire spinners on stage at Burning Man

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Yellow boat art car at Burning Man

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Flintstones art car at Burning Man

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Art project called Raygun Gothic Rocketship at Burning Man, 40 feet tall, built in West Oakland, California

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Burning Man at sunset

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Burning Man 2009 temple by David Umlas and Marrilee Ratcliffe

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The Buddha Bunny at Burning Man

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Astoturf slide at Burning Man

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You can use cardboard to slide down the giant astroturf ramp at Burning Man

astroturf-slide

Tree house-like art project called Nest at Burning Man

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Boundary fence at Burning Man

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Drum set near boundary fence at Burning Man

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Astoturf slide at Burning Man

burning-man-astroturf-slide

Lamplighters at Burning Man

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Moonrise over 2009 Burning Man effigy

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Art project called Raygun Gothic Rocketship at Burning Man, 40 feet tall, built in West Oakland, California

raygun-gothic-rocketship-burning-man

Time lapse of spinning illuminated chairs, an art installation at Burning Man 2009

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Rooster art car at Burning Man

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Fire spinner at Burning Man

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Fire wheel, showering sparks from burning wood, at Burning Man

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A house-sized version of Rubik's Cube called Groovik's Cube, which requires three people working in concert to solve

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Opulent Temple, self-described sacred dance sanctuary, at Burning Man 2009

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One of many geodesic domes, this one used for dancing, at Burning Man

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Woman holding fire sculpture at Burning Man

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Dragonfly art car at Burning Man

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Port-a-potties at Burning Man 2009

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Black Rock City, aka Burning Man 2009, which peaked at over 42,000 people this year

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Portal of Evolution sculpture at Burning Man, a 26 feet tall of the female reproductive system with a butterfly on top

portal-of-evolution-sculpture

Fiery metal sculpture of a neuron, called Soma, by the Flaming Lotus Girls

soma-flaming-lotus-girls

Robot wandering Burning Man, flirting with women

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Burning Man playa at night, with art cars in foreground and dancing in the back

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Burning Man festival attendees staring up at the Cubatron, an art installation by Mark Lottor

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Burning Man festivalgoer dressed as Leeloo from the movie Fifth Element

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What happens in Sin City (aka Burning Man) stays in Sin City

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Keywords: mom-sculpture / Volume: 1ds3-3

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Burning Man sculpture spelling out mom in capital letters