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The Center Camp contained a coffee bar that sold
tea, lemonade, coffee and hot chocolate. The proceeds went to charity. The
elaborate bar, itself, was designed and built by David Best in 2000 out of the
left over wooden parts from a manufacturing process.
This year Best concentrated his attention on
building one of the most spectacular. and moving, art installations on the playa - the
Mausoleum (below). It was built out of the same material.
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There were many features of
Black Rock City that mimicked or parodied the kinds of
things you would find in any town. At right the Black Rock
Bookmobile makes its rounds.
Below is the Black Rock City Post Office and PedEx. Mail
could be delivered from camp to camp. They even had
stamps!
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At left, Earl and Paul work to
set up a 32' diameter geodesic dome for Recharge Camp. The
dome structure is assembled and all that's left is to
drape a large parachute over the top. Earl modified the
basic geodesic design to allow for a larger entry so you
don't have to crouch to pass through. This is the 4th and
5th visits to Burning Man for the members of Recharge
Camp.
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A guy painted
like a zebra visits our theme camp. Body paint is one of
the art forms in great supply at Burning Man. People also
coat their naked bodies with glitter and other adornments.
A merely naked, unpainted
individual does not attract much attention. The decorated
people are way more interesting. With temperatures over
100 degrees in the afternoons, being naked is one of the
very few ways to keep cool.
Water trucks sprayed the
streets of Black Rock City daily in an attempt to keep the
dust down. Each day, participants threw off their clothes
and ran to get in the spray from the water trucks. For
many, these were the only showers they got for the week.
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