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DREAM, by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg

DREAM, LIVE, BE, OK were 12-foot tall steel sculptures, by the same artists who previously brought other big words to the playa, like EGO, MOM, BELIEVE.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2015 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Westbahnhof Subway Station (Vienna)

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Breating fire at Adrian's birthday party.

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Portal of Evolution, by Bryan Tedrick

It was fun to climb into the small nest at the top, and the butterfly was slowly turning with the wind.

Portal of Evolution is a sculpture based on the female reproductive system.A portal is formed with petal like steel plates from which spring fallopian tubes and ovaries.

Emerging from the top is a kinetic butterfly with a seat in the center for passengers. Overall dimensions are 26' tall x 32' wide. Materials are steel and stainless steel.

Artist website: www.bryantedrick.com/

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Levitating - Man Levitating

No, no photoshop, i did not remove anything or manipulated this photo in any way.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2003 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Hindu family taking the Holy Dip in the Ganges river, at the Triveni Ghat in Rishikesh (India), as a floating offering, burning, is drifting drown between them.

Floating offerings are made of a leaf, marigold flowers and other small gifts to the Gods, and have a little candle wick that is lit-up and burns while the offering is floating away on the river.

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Cow Nose (Bulgaria)

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Motorcycles on the muddy road - Khardungla Pass - Ladakh (India)

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The Public Health Service Hospital (PHSH) is located in the Presidio of San Francisco. It has been rehabilitated into luxury condos housing in 2010, and it is now called "Presidio Landmark Apartments".

For more information about this place you can visit my PHSH page.

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Urban caver playing with human skull

Catacombs of Paris, about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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Five steam locomotives parked in the Darjeeling Train Yard (India)

Of those five steam engines (in this photo), three were in working order and two were undergoing maintenance. More steam locomotives are located in other stations on the line and in the Tindharia workshop.

View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).

For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.

For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.

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Tribe woman with bloody lips (caused by chewing betelnut), and blackened / lacquered teeth, a cultural and traditional sign of beauty (Bảo Lạc, Vietnam)

Betelnut ("cau" in Vietnamese) is is the fruit of the Areca tree. It is wrapped with a "lá trầu" leaf (a different tree) and chewed for its exhilarating lift. Betel quids chewing has been claimed to produce a sense of well-being, euphoria, heightened alertness, sweating, salivation, a hot sensation in the body and increased capacity to work.

Just like alcohol, tobacco, coffee and sakau, betelnut is a culturally-approved psychoactive drug.

See the Betelnut Wikipedia page.

See the "lá trầu" leaves Wikipedia article.

Diu Nghiem wrote: Her blackened teeth was NOT caused by chewing betelnut and betel leaf but by using some special chemical. Blackening tooth chemical is usually natural material which varies from the North to South of Vietnam. The process might take a couple of day in order to get the perfect shiny black.

Men and women did that because of the same reason which caused other people whitening their teeth (they consider black teeth to be a sign of beauty). After the occupancy of France in Vietnam blackened teeth is not popular anymore.

More information about the teeth blackening or teeth lacquering custom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth_blackening and

"Healthy Black Smiles" by Barbara Cohen

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Yes, Sir!

Photo of a openly lesbian woman army nurse taken in Dolores Park during the Gay Pride Festival 2011 in San Francisco.

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Natalia and Pema at the Silent White Procession at dawn on Thursday morning

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2007 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Skateboarder jumping at the Sk8 Kamp Heart Bowl

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Woman standing on giant wooden hands sculpture.

Hands, by David Gerler.

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My friend Lala dancing at the False Profit Spring Training party in Joaquin Miller Park (Oakland)

RIP

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Man with Hellraiser mask, holding a candle.

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2014.

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Skull - Giant Papier-mâché Puppet - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2009.

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The Pirate Ship and the Church Trap.

The art car (on the left) is called The Pirate Ship, aka The Clock Ship Tere, by Andy Tibbetts.

For more info about this art car, go to www.facebook.com/ClockShip.

On the right, the Church Trap, by Rebekah Waites and crew.

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Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Ascending the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

The climbing route involves ascending more than 2,500 feet (750m) of almost vertical cliff, equipped with cables and occasional metal ladders or steps.

Via Ferratas are climbing routes permanently equipped with a safety cable. For more info about via ferrata, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata.

For more info about the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrata_Tridentina.

For more info about the Dolomites, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomites.

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Hindu devotees are taking the ritual bath in the Ganges river, while a large crowd takes part in a procession with the all the Ashram Gurus on decorated floats, on the pontoon bridge, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Looks amazing when viewed in high-resolution.

This was the Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious day for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.

This bridge is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela.

This pontoon bridge is over the Ganges (Ganga) river. Those floating bridges are built on top of large empty metal tanks, and are anchored to the river bottom with ropes on the upstream side of the bridge. Those bridges can support trucks up to 10 Tons, but to be safe, the maximum weight was set to 5 Tons. Those bridges are mostly used for pedestrian traffic. During high affluence periods when large crowds are crossing the floating bridges, bridges are one-way, with alternating direction for each other bridge. This rule was taken after a stampede in a previous year caused the bridge railing to fail and many people to fall in the river and drawn (most of the Hindu pilgrims cannot swim!).

The water was very low in the Ganges river at the time, so in fact this bridge was not floating, but just sitting on the sandy bottom of the shallow river.

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

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Fabric shop in market (Mèo Vac, Vietnam)

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Wild cannabis weed (India)

In many regions of India, Cannabis is endemic, i.e. it grows naturally everywhere like a weed.

I took this photo in near a tea plantation. The ditch between the road and the plantation was full of wild cannabis.

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BELIEVE, by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg ( laurakimpton.com/ ).

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Blond girl with neon-pink outfit.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Jessikr with Party Boots - Platform Shoes

Gay Pride (San Francisco)

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Renegade fire jam cession at the Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco).

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Face Paint - Gabrielle

Body paint by Scott and Madelyn Fray - www.livingbrush.com

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2008 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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I Don't! - Akatrielle

This photo was taken at the "Brides of March 2009" gathering in San Francisco.

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Japanese woman with beautiful el-wire headdress and costume.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2015 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Tribe girl carrying grass (Vietnam)

She is so colorful and so pretty!

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Cute bunny with rainbow dreadlocks, during the traditional "Bunny March".

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Arc Welding - Utility Worker Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)

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Dusty man with black t-shirt cut into thins strips, and a black sheer scarf.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2015 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Ancient Khasi memorial stones, in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

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Zonotopia and the Quasicrystalline Conjunction, by Rob Bell and crew

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The Zomes of Zonotopia are jewel like structures carved from wood which seemingly have sprouted from the playa. Each provides a beautiful well crafted sanctuary in which people can interact, contemplate and meditate.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Sailing Stone coming towards me with sun backlight - Racetrack dry lake in Death Valley (California)

Sailing stones are rocks that move in long tracks on the smooth and perfectly flat surface of a dry lake, without human or animal intervention. The rocks are most likely propelled by strong winds while entrapped in floating ice sheets (or icebergs), after winter rains flooded the dry lake and made the mud soft and slippery.

For more photos and information about the Racetrack sailing stones, go to my Sailing Stones photo series.

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Squiddudah. One of Flight2Mars' art cars

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2005 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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My motorbike is packed-up and I'm ready to ride to Burning Man. It's the first time I went there by motorcycle.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Photo taken at the 2012 How Weird Street Faire in San Francisco.

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Fashion designer and model Suliman Nawid in his trademark matador costume and Dia de los Muertos (Mexican Day of the Dead) face painting.

The white hat is not made of feathers (feathers are not allowed at Burning Man), but rather of small pieces of fabric that imitate feathers.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Lava Pit Lounge Art Car under the Moon

Lava Pit Lounge by Larry McMann and Joanna Jividen

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2011.

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Photo taken in Baguio, a regional capital in Luzon Island.

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Frankenfish art car.

This is Ktuna art car by Chris & Laura Buehler

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Rue de la Tombe Issoire (aka rue St Jacques)

Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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Motorcycle Police - SFPD (San Francisco)

Don't they have a gym at the SFPD (San Francisco Police Department)?

Another photo of the same cop! (taken a couple of years earlier)

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EL-Wire Heart and Full Moon - bicycle trailer - art car

It is called He(art) by Hi-may Rivera (James Hacking).

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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Group of naked Hindu devotees walking towards the Ganges river at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India).

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

Thousands of Sadhus and Hindu devotees (naked, with their bodies often covered with ritual wood ash) converge toward the bank of the Ganges river at the Sangam where they will take the Holy Dip. The Triveni Sangam is the confluence of the Yamuna and the Ganga (Ganges) rivers, and this is the holiest place to take the ritual baths during the Kumbh Mela.

This was the morning of Vasant Panchami Snan day, an important religious date for Hindu people and one of the most auspicious mornings for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.

For more info about Vibhuti, the Hindu holy ash, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibhuti.

For more information about Vasant Panchami (or Basant Panchami), read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasant_Panchami.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

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