{"id":2049,"date":"2016-06-19T11:10:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T11:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2016-06-19T03:57:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T03:57:03","slug":"burning-man-in-pictures-xxiii-truly-deep-playa-and-more-skeletons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/06\/19\/burning-man-in-pictures-xxiii-truly-deep-playa-and-more-skeletons\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man in Pictures XXIII: Truly Deep Playa and More Skeletons"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our last post<\/a>, our plucky crew had just happened on a strange and impenetrable art installation in deep playa. Continuing on from there, they happened on a strange sight, four skeletons in front of a mirror<\/a>. And then we noticed that they might be poseable:<\/p>\n

\"S<\/a>
S focuses intently on posing the skeleton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And they were!:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The happy skeleton poser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here was the very serious output of our work, or our marriage, in a nutshell:<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a>
Our marriage, in a nutshell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next on our trek, by the trash fence, we saw a very important warning sign:<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A very important warning sign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For those who are not aware, the ‘trash fence’ is basically what its name suggests. Onsite, what you or I would label as ‘trash’ is generally called ‘moop’, or ‘Matter Out Of Place’. This is taken very seriously indeed, because if the Bureau of Land Management finds that the Burn has been leaving too much behind, they will not allow them to return. (And the amount of moop they’re allowed to leave behind is tiny, about 4″ square per 1\/10th acre<\/a>.) The ‘trash fence’ delineates the outer edge of the permitted area, along with catching whatever moop may be blowing in the wind. (It’s also the site of many actual late night dance parties, and the perennial fictitious ‘Daft Punk Trash Fence’ party.)<\/p>\n

It’s also in the middle of the desert, in the middle of nowhere, and far away from everything. Here’s kind of a panorama to give you an idea:<\/p>\n

\"Deep<\/a>
Deep Playa Panorama I: Trash Fence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Deep<\/a>
Deep Playa Panorama II: Mountains in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Deep<\/a>
Deep Playa Panorama III: Playa, playa, and more playa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Deep<\/a>
Deep Playa Panorama IV: From whence we came.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This may give a small inkling of the dry heat, the oppressive sun broken only by a refreshing wind every so often, a stark wasteland punctuated by oases of subtlety, art, and friendship.<\/p>\n

And through all of this, carried by my trusty steed:<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>
My trusty steed, and the parched ground of playa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Note the parched playa underneath. Ideal conditions for biking, unlike patches like this one:<\/p>\n

\"Playa<\/a>
Playa bicycle sand trap! (Nicely (and unusually) signed by someone.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We continued on our merry way, on to more adventures in deep playa:<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a>
Our heroine continues on her merry way, in search of more adventure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stay tuned for more adventures in deep playa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our last post, our plucky crew had just happened on a strange and impenetrable art installation in deep playa. Continuing on from there, they happened on a strange sight, four skeletons in front of a mirror. And then we noticed that they might be poseable: And they were!: Here was the very serious output … Continue reading Burning Man in Pictures XXIII: Truly Deep Playa and More Skeletons<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2064,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}