Burning Man attendees are expected to 'leave no trace,' but people fleeing the mud and rain left abandoned vehicles, furniture, tents, and trash

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A dumpster overflowing with garbage
Dumpsters are overflowing as Burning Man festival-goers make the trek home.

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My miserable, euphoric, muddy escape from Burning Man

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A fiery orange and red scene is covered with bright tendrils of light swishing in and out the frame, with some exploding into spiky bulbs of light. Beneath the fiery cosmic scene, white silhouettes of dancing bodies swivel around, prancing in mud.
Despite the food rationing, the mandatory pee bottles, and the malfunctioning infrastructure, Burners scraped the dirt off their shoes and got down.

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Video of a Ram truck flying through Burning Man's mud trap while hauling an RV is the best ad a car company could ask for

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Ram 1500 TRX driving through mud
Burning Man 2023 is still facing tough conditions, but a Burner who rented a Ram truck for the week managed to escape the disaster.

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Burning Man costs most people a minimum of $800 for just a ticket and a parking spot. All the other expenses can easily push the total cost into the thousands.

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People wade through mud at Burning Man 2023.
Nevada's nine-day Burning Man festival can cost Burners hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of dollars to attend.

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Elon Musk called Burning Man the 'best art on Earth' before thousands of mud-soaked attendees fled the disastrous event

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People wade through mud at Burning Man 2023.
People wade through mud and water at Burning Man.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that stuck Burning Man festivalgoers are 'probably being brainwashed' that climate change is 'the root of all evil'

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Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a biker vest in front of a big Trump sign.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

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GOP Sen. Mike Lee muses about Burning Man attendees converting to Christianity following disaster: 'God's judgement is real'

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Sen. Mike Lee with other Republican lawmakers at a press conference on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2023.
Sen. Mike Lee with other Republican lawmakers at a press conference on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2023.

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Tech entrepreneur says she ditched her luggage and trekked through ankle-deep mud to escape flooded Burning Man camp: 'It felt like walking in wet scuba gear'

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People wade through mud at Burning Man 2023.
A tech entrepreneur (not pictured) said bad flooding at the event led her to escape and hitch a ride.

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Sergey Brin and Elon Musk's brother, Kimbal, spotted at Burning Man as attendees struggled to deal with swampy, chaotic conditions

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An aerial view of the Burning Man site
Burning Man attendees were instructed to shelter in place and conserve food and water amid intensely muddy conditions on Saturday.

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Charter planes are descending on the Nevada desert — and the pop-up Black Rock City airport — as tech bros and billionaires gather for Burning Man

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Burning Man has its own pop-up airport.
Burning Man has its own pop-up airport.

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