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Burning Man 1996: Rave Camp
It was someone's bright idea to move Rave Camp away from the main event area, so as to keep nighttime disturbances to a minimum. This was a massive mistake, as it resulted in ravers - minimally clothed and already dehydrated from dancing and dosed on Ecstasy - wandering on the playa.
The situation could have been improved mid-event by the placement of a very bright red light at rave camp and a bright green light at the main camp, but such suggestions were ignored, and we had ravers all over the place. Driving was allowed, too, and so we had cars flying at triple-digit speeds and ravers walking around. It was a miracle that the former never met the latter. The Ranger search and rescue team was busy.
I never was assigned a nighttime Ranger patrol of Rave Camp, and a mile or two walk in the dark for the experience of altered people and unbelievably loud music just didn't justify another trip (for me), so we'll have to do with daytime pictures.
Here's one corner of Rave Camp. I really liked the smaller version of the Man. The rope structure looked so ephemeral and so right in red that I needed to take a photo.
 With some participants relaxing and sleeping off their evenings, there were still people dancing. I can't tell you how incredibly loud the music was. There has to be some long-term damage from hours and days of exposure to such a din. I had earplugs in and it was hurting me. Yikes.
 Another Rave Camp statue of the Man, this one with an electric guitar.
 Here's a guy standing a short distance from a loudspeaker tower that was blaring. My eyes were tearing, and I was neither as close nor in the output cone. Double yikes.
 A panoramic glimpse. The dancing never ends.
 Not every participant walked back and forth; here's a couple with their own set of wheels.
 And here are some other scenes which I wanted to share.
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