Most people picture the Burning Man music fest as desert scenes, hippie attire, and incredible live performances. New aerial footage shows a completely different side to Burning Man.

Burning Man's Black Rock City in Nevada Desert

Burning Man was founded in 1986. The nine-day event attracts crowds of around 20,000 people. Although Burning Man began as an event that offered free spirits, it has become a popular gathering place for celebrities and social media influencers.

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Burning Man is held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. This isolated location, which Burning Man participants call "Black Rock City", is made up of several concentric "streets" around the "the Man", an effigy that's burned at the end.

Drone Video shows the colorful side of music festival

The festival's most visible images show desert scenes. These include unexpected dust storms and cacti. New drone footage captures Burning Man in a new light. Black Rock City is lit up with a variety of colors to show the enormity of the music festival.

Wakapauly, a YouTube user captioned the video with the caption "This is how it looks from the air at night using DJI Mavic 3 drones in stealth mode," The beautiful city is made up of art cars, bikes, and camps. All the lights moving in different directions and speeds create a three-dimensional effect that makes it look like a spaceship traveling through time and space.

The video ends with a dust storm that blurs the lights of Black Rock City but does not completely obscure them. You can see that the comments section was quickly filled with appreciation for the video and thoughts from Burning Man attendees.

Fan Reactions: "Really Captures the Grandness"

One person commented, "Dang! We were so sparkly out here!" "Thanks for your beautiful video!" A second commenter said, "Wow! It was amazing! "I'm down there!

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"Some of the most beautiful nighttime footage I have ever seen. One Burning Man participant wrote, "Really captures the grandness." Another participant said that the footage shows it looking like a Sci-Fi City, with events happening everywhere, while one side of the city sleeps through it all.

Burning Man fans loved seeing this new side to the festival. It showed the bright colors that lit up the desert after the sun had set.

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By: India McCarty
Title: Amazing Drone Footage Of Burning Man Shows A Very Different Side Of The Festival Than You Probably Imagine
Sourced From: www.suggest.com/burning-man-drone-footage-shows-different-side-festival/2674088/
Published Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000

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