Burning Man: A soaked Saturday in Black Rock City

A Burning Man participant makes their way through the mud.

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Holding garbage bags around her feet, a Burning Man participant makes her way through the mud.

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A Burning Man participant makes their way through the mud.

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Shai Peza of Chicago frolics in the mud and water at Burning Man on Saturday.

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Shai Peza of Chicago frolics in the mud and water at Burning Man on Saturday.

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A Burning Man attendee lies down in the mud and water at the event on Saturday.

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The Man effigy, which is scheduled to be burned on Saturday night. All burns scheduled for Friday were cancelled after Burning Man event organizers banned vehicle travel.

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Dub Kitty and Ben Joos, of Idaho and Nevada, respectively, walk through the mud at Burning Man after a night of dancing with friends. Like many attendees, the two adopted playa names they are known by all week, and declined to give the names they use in the “default world.”

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