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Life in Kids Camp

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Passage / Clockworks

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nighttime art

nighttime scenes

participant-citizens

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The Man

Rangers

Lamplighters

Contessa treasure hunt

The Man Burns

BRC -> SF

desktops

Ranger patch

Ranger jacket

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Burning Man 2005: Desktops

Saturday 20 August 2005

With Burning Man 2005 just around the corner I noticed that some previous year's efforts were captured by satellite travelling over the Black Rock Desert.

Unfortunately each nibble served out by Google Maps isn't big enough to be a satisfying desktop picture, so I zoomed into maximum available resolution and captured and assembled the tiles into a huge image that's the aspect ratio of my current laptop screen. It's big enough that it ought to be servicable for a few decades at least.

Available are versions sized

• 1024 x 683 pixels (Flickr.com)
• 6000 x 4004 pixels (vomit.com)

The Google copyright watermarks interspersed through the image are usually too subtle to see unless you're looking for them, but show up in a visually interesting way on the light playa surface. They don't distract from my enjoyment, scaled down as they are in the big image, making an interesting pattern of their own.

Speaking of copyright, I waded through the terms and it seems to allow use of map imagery for uses other than commercial or business, so don't.

Share and enjoy!

Here are some other scenes that I rotate around my computer's desktop; if you want one please let me know.

And lastly, from somewhere out there, a satellite view of Black Rock City last week. I'm trying to find a bigger version, but for the moment...

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