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DSC05840 - Burning Temple Collapses - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The Temple is burning on Sunday night, the last day of the Burning Man week.

The Temple, by David Best and the Temple Crew.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC01922 - Buckeye Hot Springs (California) by Loupiote

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Buckeye hot springs (California)

Steaming hot water showers down a small cliff with colorful concretions, and fills up a series of pools in the bed of a creek.

View more photos of Buckeye Hot Springs.

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DSC06621 - White Calla Lily Flower by Loupiote

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White Calla Lily flower and Asha - Brides of March (San Francisco)

This photo was taken at the "Brides of March" gathering.

For more photos and information about this event, please go to my "brides of march" photo album.

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DSC09361 - Waterproof Wristwatches Sold by Street Seller (India) by Loupiote

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Street vendor displays his waterproof watches under water in a pool, to prove that they are indeed waterproof.

Photo taken at the Kumbh Mela 2013 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.

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

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DSC05688 - Hydrofoil Catamarans - Sailboats by Loupiote

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America's Cup 2013 two finalist hydrofoil catamarans "Oracle Team USA" and "Emirates Team New Zealand" racing neck and neck on the San Francisco Bay.

The sail of the AC72-class hydrofoil catamarans is a rigid wing made of carbon fiber. When hydro-foiling, those sailboats can go about twice as fast as the wind.

For more photos and info about the America's Cup race and the AC72-class hydrofoil catamarans, go to the album description.

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DSC08042 - Railroad tattoo - train tracks switches by Loupiote

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Daryl's amazing railroad tattoo (San Francisco)

Train tracks, switches and tunnels cover his entire body, front and back, from head to toes (litterally), in a perfectly symetrical and seamless pattern. He designed the tattoo and said it took 200 hours of work to realise the work.

Daryl spent many years of his life "freight train hopping", which involves countless days of walking long miles along desert tracks.

The structure formed when two rails are crossing is called a frog (in french, it's called "coeur de croisement").

There are two technical errors in this part of the tattoo. Can you find them without looking at the Notes on the photo?

Check my other photos of Daryl's railroad tattoo.

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5610 - vietnam - Flower h'mong kids by Loupiote

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Flower h'mong brother and sister (Vietnam)

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DSC06067 - Abandoned Muni bus with graffiti (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Abandoned Muni bus with graffiti (San Francisco)

Found in an SF Muni lot used as a junkyard. This is a no-trespassing area, enter at your own risks!

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DSC04437 - Animated Steel Rings Sculpture - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Animated metal sculpture made of multiple massive interlocked steel rings moving and forming a sphere.

DISC-GO-SPHERE by Matthew Davis.

It was located not far behind the Man's base.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190831_000858 - Burn of the Folly - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Burn of The Folly.

See journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b...

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC05712 - The Lighthouse Burning - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The Black Rock Lighthouse Service, by: Jonny and Max Poynton and the Lighthouse crew.

For more info about this installation, go to www.facebook.com/brlighthouse/.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC01099 - Ghats and Boats on Ganges River - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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River boats moored in front of the Ghats of Varanasi (India).

Those boats are used for ferrying the Hindu pilgrims to a beach across the Ganges river, where they can take the Holy bath in cleaner water.

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

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DSC09970 - Folsom Street Fair 2008 (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the San Francisco Folsom Street Fair 2008.

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IMG_20190831_224008 - The Man's Burn - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190828_220324 - Elevation Tower at Night - View from Top - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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View from the top of the Elevation Tower.

Elevation - by Michael Christian, Auriah Milanes, Scottie Chapman and David Andres, Berkeley, CA.

For more info about Michael Christian, go to michaelchristian.com.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC05612 - Weedy Sea Dragon Art Car - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The red art car on the right is the he LeafySeaDragon art car from the GPS camp (Genital Portrait Studio). It looks like an Australian Weedy Sea Dragon.

If you know the names of the other art cars in this photo, please post a comment!

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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3880 - Елисейна ЕАД - Eliseyna EAD - Abandoned Mine and Metallurgic Plant near Zverino - Smelter - Rusty Pipes (Bulgaria) by Loupiote

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Елисейна ЕАД - Eliseyna EAD - Abandoned Mine and Non-Ferrous Metallurgic Plant near Zverino (Bulgaria)

Someone who used to live in Zverino told me:

This factory was processing copper and many other black and colorful metals. After democracy came to Bulgaria, this factory (called "Eliseyna EAD") was gradually abandoned..

This photo is part of my България - Bulgaria series.

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DSC04940 - Suspension Bridges Between the Towers of The Lighthouse - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Small suspension bridges were connecting the towers of the Lighthouse.

The Black Rock Lighthouse Service, by: Jonny and Max Poynton and the Lighthouse crew.

For more info about this installation, go to www.facebook.com/brlighthouse/.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC01531 - Airbrush Makeup - Stencil Skull Face Paint - Makay by Loupiote

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Makay - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Gilberto Viciedo created a mosaic based on this photo.

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2008.

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC00566 - Stencil Airbrush Skull Makeup - Three Women - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Stencil Airbrush Skull Face Paint - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco)

Airbrush stencil face paints by Icarus Zaure (icaruszaure.com)

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

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC05068 - Icarus Art Car - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Icarus Art Car

This amazing art car is mounted on a hydraulic chassis and it can lift off pretty high above the ground when roaming. I did not get a chance to see it in action this year.

For more info about this art car, go to iamexcited.net/.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC09103 - Welder Cutting Rail with Oxy-Acetylene Torch by Loupiote

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Welder cutting a track rail with a Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch.

View more photos of railroad workers replacing a Muni lightrail track section on Church street in San Francisco.

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DSC00851 - Little Girl Holding Baby (India) by Loupiote

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Little girl holding a baby (probably her sibling or cousin) in Himalayan village (India)

She was no doubt one of the prettiest little girl in the village, with her radiant and happy smile.

View more photos of Janki Chatti village, near Yamunotri, in the Indian Himalayas.

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DSC04610 - The Black Rock Lighthouse Service - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The Black Rock Lighthouse Service, by Jonny and Max Poynton and the Lighthouse crew.

For more info about this installation, go to www.facebook.com/brlighthouse/.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08554 - Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Erotic stone carving at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of stone sculptures of Maithuna (sexual union in a ritual context).

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

For more photos and information about this place, go to the Konark Sun Temple album.

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IMG_20190830_001637 - Megacake Birthday Cake Burning - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Megacake birthday cake burning.

Architect Thom White of Norfolk’s WPA has designed a 12-sided wooden structure resembling a 4-tiered birthday cake. Art glass embellishments representing the animals of the Chinese zodiac and the constellations of the western zodiac will catch the light of the sun and sparkle like sugar in the distance. Plywood panels line each faceted tier and have perforations which recall cake icing embellishments while letting wind pass through. Flexible LED light strips are draped along the top of each level, adding to the icing motif. A propane-fueled “poofer” on the top-most tier will provide flame effects that will fire off at least once per hour at night.

See www.pieceofcakeproductions.org/mega-cake and www.coastalvirginiamag.com/July-August-2018/Locals-Create...

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08789 - Cleaning Camera Sensor Dust - CCD by Loupiote

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Playa dust on my DSLR Camera CCD sensor, ouch!

This is a sensor test photo that i took at Burning Man 2008.

I have never seen as much dust on my sensor. Good thing I know how to clean a CCD sensor :)

To do a DSLR Camera CCD sensor test photo:

- Use a long lens / telephoto zoom (it will work better than with a wide angle)

- Set in A mode with the diaphragm (aperture) closed to the maximum (i.e. maximum F-value, F32)

- Set the camera to manual focus and make it completely out of focus, so if you see a dot on the test shot, it will be dust (and not a bird in the sky!)

- Shoot the sky or something uniform and featureless (like a sheet of white paper)

To clean, I recommend a Giottos Rocket air blower to remove the bulk of the dust, then you can use the wet sensor swabs (with 100% pure methanol optical solution, also called methylic alcohol) to remove sticky particles that don't go with the air blower, if necessary.

When blowing the dust with an air blower, hold the camera with the face down, so that the sensor is up. this way the dislodged dust will fall away from the sensor, rather than falling back on it. Doing this does help. Also, try to not touch the sensor with the blower. If you touch it, it probably won't damage your sensor, but it might let a mark that would require being cleaned using swabs and methanol.

In many cases, the sensor can be cleaned completely with just the air blower. If that does not work because there are some very sticky particles on your sensor, then proceed with the wet swabs.

Don't put more than a couple of drops of methanol on the swab, otherwise it would be too wet and leave deposit marks on the sensor. You will have to clean several times before getting a clean sensor, especially the first time. To clean, you must sweep the swab on the sensor from side to side. For best results, the width of the swab should the exact width of your sensor, so that you only need one sweep. Swabs made by Visible Dust. are excellent quality, I use those. After sweeping, put back the lens and do a test shot, then zoom on the image and check if there is still dust. usually the dust is located near the corners or near the edges. if you see dust, repeat the process.

Camera sensor cleaning was painful at the beginning, it took me one hour to get all the dust OFF the first time. But now i can do it in two of three iterations, and it takes 10 min or so, and I am no the least nervous about doing it on my expensive camera.

Also, remember that if you have dust on your DSLR sensor, it will probably not show on your photos if you shoot with maximum apperture (i.e. minimum F value, e.g. F2.8 or F3.5). So if you have dust on the sensor and must continue to shoot with the dust, remember to shoot in A-mode (apperture priority) and use maximum apperture, i.e. use the minimum F value of your lens.

Dry-cleaning the sensor with rotating brushes charged with static electricity will work only with the dry, non-sticky particles on the sensor. But it will not cleanup sticky or greasy particles. Those can only be removed with a wet swab. So even if you get one of those dry cleaning brushes (e.g. Arctic Butterfly), sometimes you will still need to use the wet swabs.

NEVER ever use a spray can to blow away the dust inside the camera. The very cold gas out of the air-can would cause irreparable damage (micro-cracks) to your sensor.

There are other CCD cleaning options available, but that's what I use and it works well for me. Or you can pay a professional to do it, but it usually takes several days and it's not cheap, and this is not always possible if you travel. So you'd better learn how to do it yourself.

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

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IMG_20190829_161807 - Copper the Dragon - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Copper the dragon by Bill Cass

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC05180 - Colorful Japanese Umbrellas - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Man riding a tricycle with colorful Japanese umbrellas.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190829_234929 - The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance by Tyson Ayers and Resonant Arts

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190831_025433 - Gas Bubble Pool at Hooka Dome - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Water, dish washing liquid (to make bubbles), and some propane pipe under the water. Bubbles get filled with natural gas and are flammable, and they can burn in your hands without burning your skin. Very fun installation at the Hooka dome.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190829_210245 - Folly Peephole Bathroom Secret Chamber - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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A secret chamber visible through a peephole in the Folly.

See journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b...

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08912 - Lingaraja Temple - Bhubaneswar (India) by Loupiote

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The Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar (India)

Lingaraja is a very Holy temple visited by thousands of Hindu pilgrims every day. Unfortunately, non-Hindu people are not allowed in the temple. The temple is more than 1100 year old and dedicated to Harihara, a form of Shiva.

For more info about the Lingaraja Temple, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingaraja_Temple.

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DSC08578 - Ancient Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Erotic stone carving at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of stone sculptures of Maithuna (sexual union in a ritual context).

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

For more photos and information about this place, go to the Konark Sun Temple album.

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DSC06243 - Deer Cave - Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Deer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

Deer Cave is a passage about 150 m (500 feet) in diameter and about 1 Km (0.6 Miles) long, opened on both end. It was, for many years, considered the largest single cave passage in the world.

For more photos and information about Deer Cave, go to my Deer Cave photo series.

Photo processed in True Tone HDR with Tone Mapping from 3 RAW exposures.

Unfortunately the photo has quite a lot of digital noise, because i did not have a tripod high enough, so i had to take all 3 exposures hand-held at high ISO. The HDR processing also tends to increase the noise. If i could have used a tripod to get low-ISO long exposures, this photo would have been outstanding. It's one the best photo of Deer cave that i have seen so-far.

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DSC06248 - Golden Gate Bridge Anniversary - Lightshow by Loupiote

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Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Celebrations (San Francisco)

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DSC04951 - Mini bike - Green man - Superhero Street Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Mini bike - Green man - Superhero Street Fair (San Francisco)

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DSC00930 - Mine Tunnel - Balatoc Mines (Philippines) by Loupiote

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The light at the end of the tunnel is in fact daylight!

Photo taken in the Balatoc mine, an active gold mine near Baguio (Philippines).

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IMG_20190828_002133 - Spinning a Light Wire - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Spinning a light wire (maybe optic fiber).

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC00712 - Passengers Riding on Roof of Jeepney (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Passengers sitting on roof of Jeepney.

Jeepneys are the main long-distance public transportation in the Philippines.

Photo taken on the road between Bontoc and Tuguegarao, in the Cordillera (mountainous region of Northern Luzon island).

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IMG_20190829_000218 - DecoToro Art Car - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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DecoToro Art Car.

Decotoro is an art deco style bull from Dallas, TX. Created by the Decotoro team.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190828_230254 - Boeing 747 Art Car - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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747 Art Car by Big Imagination Foundation.

This was the last year that this airplane was allowed to be on the playa.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC04573 - Fire Snakes - Medusa Madness - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Medusa Madness by Reared In Steel.

View other photos of Medusa Madness.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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09362-burning-man-2006 - Inside Uchronia by Loupiote

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Uchronia (aka the Belgian Waffle) by The Uchronians.

Check my other photos of Uchronia!

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2006 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC03928 - Drag Queen Hindu Guru in Yellow Costume and Decorated Turban - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Drag-Queen Hindu Guru with turban and flute at the Kumbh Mela 2013 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.

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

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DSC07708 - Living Root Bridge in East Khasi Hills (India) by Loupiote

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Jingmaham living root bridge near Mawlynnong in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

When I took these photos, it was the dry season and there was very little water in the river, so it could also be crossed by walking over the rocks.

For more photos and information about those amazing living root bridges, go to:

- My Living Root Bridges album.

- Timothy Allen's blog

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DSC03159 - RC Heli shooting Aerial Video - Copter Kids - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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A remote controlled helicopter with a remote controlled video camera was shooting aerial footage of Burning Man for a documentary.

The high-tech electrical RC Heli belongs to Copter Kids, a small company that specializes in shooting aerial footage from Remote Controlled helicopters, which is much cheaper than using a real helicopter and allows close shots and fast motions that cannot be done with full-size helicopters. Their equipment is fully customized and electrically powered, with for very low-noise operation. Their Heli can fly for about 8 min on a Lithium battery. One person pilots the Heli, and another person controls the camera, which broadcasts real-time video to a monitor on the ground.

For more info, check out their website at copterkidsllc.com.

For the Burning Man rules about using drones at the event, go to: burningman.org/event/black-rock-city-guide/drones/.

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

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DSC01068 - Panorama of the Tehri Dam and Lake (India) by Loupiote

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Panorama of the Tehri dam (India)

Looks amazing in high resolution.

The Tehri dam is the highest dam in India and one of the highest in the world.

It is hard to imagine that right there, on this photo, deep under the lake, just at the bottom on the dam, there is a submerged city (Tehri, now called "Old Tehri") that was the provincial capital, with a population of about 25,000. The people from Old Tehri have been relocated to New Tehri, a planned city built on the mountain above the dam.

The Tehri Reservoir (the lake on the left) now fills-up a large part of the Bhagirathi valley, one of the headstreams of the Ganges.

The Tehri Dam was (and still is) a very controversial project, as it flooded two valleys resulting in the destruction of numerous villages and a town (Tehri), all now submerged, and forced the relocation of about 100,000 people.

For more photos and info about the controversial Tehri Hydro Power project, go to the Tehri Dam & Lake photo series.

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cd2-005_3a - burning man 2003 - Temple of Honor By David Best by Loupiote

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Temple of Honor By David Best

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

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IMG_20190828_164241 - Talking Heads - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Talking Heads by Oleg Lobykin.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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