{"id":2609,"date":"2016-08-27T22:49:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T22:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2016-08-27T22:49:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T22:49:33","slug":"burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man 2015 in Pictures XLIX: Thunderdome and Serpent Mother by Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-in-pictures-xlviii-edal-bump\/\" target=\"_blank\">When we last saw our heroes<\/a>, they had just glimpsed the Thunderdome in the distance:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2606\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-in-pictures-xlviii-edal-bump\/img_1897\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2606\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1897-e1472268280271.jpg\" alt=\"Like a rain god, S spots the Thunderdome off in the distance!\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1897-e1472268280271.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1897-e1472268280271-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1897-e1472268280271-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1897-e1472268280271-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like a rain god, S spots the Thunderdome off in the distance!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>M &#038; S contemplate the Thunderdome:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2612\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1904\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2612\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1904.jpg\" alt=\"M &amp; S contemplate the Thunderdome.\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2612\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1904.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1904-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1904-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1904-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M &#038; S contemplate the Thunderdome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking to the right, our intrepid heroes saw the Death Guild HQ.  Luckily, by day, they are at rest[1].  By night, they are one of the most insane groups on playa.  (The Thunderdome is not for the unprepared[2].)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2613\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1906\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2613\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1906.jpg\" alt=\"To the right, by day, the Death Guild is at rest.\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2613\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1906.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1906-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1906-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1906-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To the right, by day, the Death Guild is at rest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Climbing things is fun!:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2616\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1917-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2616\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1917-copy.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Climbing things is fun!&quot;\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1917-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1917-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1917-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Climbing things is fun!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>S conquers the THUNDERDOME!:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2615\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1912-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2615\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1912-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Having conquered the Thunderdome, S strikes a triumphant pose.\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2615\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1912-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1912-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1912-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having conquered the Thunderdome, S strikes a triumphant pose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking further up, they saw the warning sign of NOPE.  Not knowing whether it was because of downward falling danger, or equipment, they NOPED out of there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2614\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1907\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2614\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1907.jpg\" alt=\"NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1907.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1907-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1907-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1907-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Is it a beacon?  Metaphorical trees growing together?  Something even weirder?:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2617\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1922-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2617\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1922-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Is it a beacon?  Metaphorical trees growing together?  Something even weirder?\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2617\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1922-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1922-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1922-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is it a beacon?  Metaphorical trees growing together?  Something even weirder?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flaminglotus.com\/art\/the-serpent-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serpent Mother (Flaming Lotus Girls)<\/a> is at rest, waiting for nightfall, when she will come alive with fire&#8230;:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2619\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1928\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2619\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1928.jpg\" alt=\"Serpent Mother is at rest, waiting for nightfall, when she will come alive with fire...\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2619\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1928.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1928-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1928-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1928-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serpent Mother is at rest, waiting for nightfall, when she will come alive with fire&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Serpent Mother is so long, she doesn&#039;t fit in one photo&#8230;:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2620\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1929\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2620\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1929.jpg\" alt=\"Serpent Mother is so long, she doesn&#039;t fit in one photo...\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1929.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1929-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1929-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1929-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serpent Mother is so long, she doesn&#8217;t fit in one photo&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Serpent Mother&#039;s egg.  What is she hiding\/protecting in there?:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2621\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1930\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2621\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1930.jpg\" alt=\"Serpent Mother&#039;s egg.  What is she hiding\/protecting in there?\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2621\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1930.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1930-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1930-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1930-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serpent Mother&#8217;s egg.  What is she hiding\/protecting in there?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fuel depot for Serpent Mother (Flaming Lotus Girls), with a no-nonsense sign:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2618\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1926\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2618\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1926.jpg\" alt=\"The fuel depot and &#039;behind the scenes&#039; for Serpent Mother (Flaming Lotus Girls).\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2618\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1926.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1926-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1926-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1926-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fuel depot and &#8216;behind the scenes&#8217; for Serpent Mother (Flaming Lotus Girls).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Intersecting tetrahedral wind chimes!:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2622\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/img_1931-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2622\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1931-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Intersecting tetrahedral wind chimes!\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2622\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1931-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1931-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1931-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intersecting tetrahedral wind chimes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[1]For most of the people at Burning Man, the day is a time for sleeping, quiet exploring, or frantically building.<\/p>\n<p>[2]Nor for the unprepare #snekboop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we last saw our heroes, they had just glimpsed the Thunderdome in the distance: M &#038; S contemplate the Thunderdome: Looking to the right, our intrepid heroes saw the Death Guild HQ. Luckily, by day, they are at rest[1]. By night, they are one of the most insane groups on playa. (The Thunderdome is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/08\/27\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-xlix-thunderdome-and-serpent-mother-by-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Burning Man 2015 in Pictures XLIX: Thunderdome and Serpent Mother by Day!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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\/2609"}],"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=2609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions\/2626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}