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DSC08645 - Burning Man 2009 - Couple sleeping on Couch by Loupiote

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Couple sleeping on Couch at the Center Camp Cafe

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

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DSC02214 - Oiled Bird Costume - BP Oil Spill Disaster by Loupiote

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This guy is dressed up as a white bird covered by crude oil from the "Deep Water" BP Oil Spill disaster in the Golf of Mexico.

Photo taken at the Bay to Breaker footrace and street party (San Francisco)

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DSC07934 - burning man 2008 - Mutopia giant metal flowers by Flaming Lotus Girls by Loupiote

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Mutopia giant metal flowers by Flaming Lotus Girls - mutopia.wordpress.com/

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

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DSC04481 - Mushroom on Fire - Xylophage - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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This giant flaming mushroom is part of Xylophage, by the Flaming Lotus Girls (flaminglotus.com/)..

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

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DSC05649 - Diamond Crossing - Railroad Construction by Loupiote

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Demolition of Muni Tracks at Church and Duboce (San Francisco)

A railroad tracks diamond crossing assembly is being moved by heavy machinery.

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

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DSC01851 - Black Barbie Doll Crucified - Barbie Death Camp - Burning Man 2015 by Loupiote

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Black Barbie doll crucified on pink cross, at the blasphemous and politically incorrect Barbie Death Camp..

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

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DSC04706 - Lamplighters - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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The daily Lamplighters procession at Sunset.

For more photos and info about the Lamplighters, read the album description.

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

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IMG_20190827_031339 - Paraluna - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Paraluna, by Christopher Schardt.

It was a giant spinning umbrella with many stripes of LED forming amazing patterns due to persistence of vision, synchronized with music.

Sadly, it broke down after a couple of days.

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

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DSC01696 - burning man 2007 - Crude Awakening by Loupiote

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Crude Awakening, by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, MarkPerez, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith and MonkeyBoy - see www.headlesspoint.com/crude_awakening/

You can see stars in the sky!

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

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DSC04384 - Virtual Reality Video Feed from Remote Controlled Drone - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Remote Controlled drone equipped with video camera sending a live feed to the guy equipped with the VR Goggles.

The Virtual Reality Goggles have multi-axis orientation sensors, and they control the orientation of the camera on the drone, i.e. if you turn your head to the right, the camera will rotate to the right, etc.

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 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC09563 - Ghat at the Devprayag Sangam - Confluence of the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Rivers into the Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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Devprayag is a Hindu holy city in India, where the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and become the Ganges river.

This is the Ghat (steps to the holy bath) at the Sangam, i.e. the exact point of the confluence. Hindu pilgrims take a holy dip right where the two sacred rivers meet.

In Hindu mythology and culture, the Bhagirathi (on the left, with the green water) is considered the source stream of the Ganges. However, in hydrology, the other headstream, Alaknanda (on the right, with the brown water), is considered the source stream on account of its great length and discharge.

For more info about this place, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devprayag.

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11800 bicycle decorated with rhinestones (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Bicycle decorated with colorful rhinestones (San Francisco)

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DSC03342 - Temple Fire - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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

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DSC03216 - Art Nouveau Tomb Door - Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires) by Loupiote

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Art Nouveau Tomb Door - Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires)

For more information about La Recoleta cemetery, read the album description.

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IMG_20190827_184300_1 - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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The Folly clocktower.

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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DSC04594 - Couple kissing on Hands Sculpture - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Angel and Pirate making out on the Hands sculpture, by David Gerler.

For more info about the Hands sculpture, go to www.indiegogo.com/projects/hands-a-2013-burning-man-arts-....

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

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DSC08572 - Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Maithuna - 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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DSC04241 - Zulai Hand Art Car - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Zulai Hand art car, by the Mazu crew.

Zulai is one of the gods in Chinese culture, it represents mercy and love. Zulai looks amazingly like Buddha!

"We hope this vehicle shares the beauty of the East and make people feel peace and comfort. Zulai uses his hand to carrying people,meaning he’s saving us from suffering and protecting us; lead us and watch over us.".

For more info about this art car, go to dreamcommunity.tw/art-car/.

To see more photos and info about the Mazu crew, go to the Mazu photo album.

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

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DSC04348 - Zulai Hand Art Car at Dusk - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Zulai Hand art car, by the Mazu crew.

Zulai is one of the gods in Chinese culture, it represents mercy and love. Zulai looks amazingly like Buddha!

"We hope this vehicle shares the beauty of the East and make people feel peace and comfort. Zulai uses his hand to carrying people,meaning he’s saving us from suffering and protecting us; lead us and watch over us.".

For more info about this art car, go to dreamcommunity.tw/art-car/.

To see more photos and info about the Mazu crew, go to the Mazu photo album.

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

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DSC04423 - View From the Top of the Coyote - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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View from the top of the giant Coyote sculpture by Bryan Tedrick (bryantedrick.com).

View my other photos of the Coyote sculpture.

I am in the mouth of the coyote, and you can other guys climbing the sculpture under me.

I heard that several people got injured on the Coyote (broken arms / wrists and what not). No-one died. Initially the coyote head could spin. I think many people got hit by the giant metal ears, This was the dangerous part especially if you didn't realize the head could spin. After taking several people to the hospital, they put a sign "Don't climb - Seriously", and locked the head. People kept climbing it anyway, since the sculpture was designed to be climbed. Later, the sign was changed to a more adequate "Climb at your own risks".

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

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DSC05738 - Underground River - Clearwater Cave - Mulu (Borneo) by Loupiote

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After scrambling down another long and steep squeeze, we reach the beautiful Clearwater underground river. This is one of the largest cave river in the world.

This photo is a 30 sec long exposure at ISO 3200.

We walked one Km or so downstream along this river, to reach the cave mouth. We had to cross it several times, usually knee deep, sometimes waist deep. The water is crystal clear. We often had to walk on narrow ledges or slippery rock slopes on the river banks. The biggest danger is to fall on some of the sharp rocks that are half submerged in the river.

Photo taken in the Clearwater cave system in Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

The Clearwater System is believed to be the largest interconnected cave system in the world by volume and the 9th longest cave in the world at 189 Km (as of 2011).

For more photos, information and cave map, view my Clearwater cave photo series.

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DSC00514 - Pontoon Bridge (Floating Bridge) over the Ganges River - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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This is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

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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DSC08774 - burning man 2008 - Temple at dawn by Loupiote

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Temple at dawn - Basura Sagrada

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

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DSC08780 - Choukaj at the Carnaval Tropical de Paris by Loupiote

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Choukaj is a traditional creole percussion and dance group from Guadeloupe Island (French West Indies). Check their website at facebook.com/choukaj/

Photos taken at the 2012 Carnaval Tropical in Paris.

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DSC01740 - Obama gets elected in San Francisco - Castro Street - iPhone - Blogging by Loupiote

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Obama gets elected in San Francisco - A spontaneous street party erupted on Castro street on election night. There is hope!

This photo made it to the front page of cnn.com on the morning after the election, via ireport.com: www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-138838.

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DSC05601 - Monaco Ship - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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In the back, El Pulpo Mecanico, the fire breathing mechanical octopus.

For more info, go to www.elpulpomecanico.com/

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

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IMG_20190827_172325 - BYTE - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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BYTE - CampByteThis - Guttenberg

Underneath Chip and Terra will be cozy hangouts for lovable burners. Terra's belly will be lined with vibrant fur, illuminated by a heart shaped disco ball, for a comfy trip in deep playa.

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

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DSC02135 - Sadhus with Sword after Holy Bath - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Procession of Hindu devotees on the main bath day, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Sadhus and Hindu devotees return from the Holy bath in the Ganges river at the Sangam. 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 Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious morning for taking the holy bath in the Ganges 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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DSC01972 - Man Throwing Clay Shiva Lingas in Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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Man throwing clay Shiva Lingams in Ganges river, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

View more photos of this ceremony.

If you know the name of this Hindu ceremony, please post a Comment!

This is a Hindu offering ceremony to Lord Shiva, performed by members of a large Ashram at the Kumbh Mela festival.

Thousands of Hindu devotees each made hundreds of small lingams with soft clay, each lingam having three small white eyes. Then they all walked in a procession from the Ashram toward the nearby Ganges river, carrying trays on their heads, with all the small clay lingams on the trays. All the lingams were then thrown in the Ganges river, as an offering to Lord Shiva.

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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DSC08886 - Backcountry Camping - Death Valley by Loupiote

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Backcountry camping near the race Track - Death Valley (California)

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DSC07752 - Two women dancing - cylindrical wooden frame burning by Loupiote

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Heather dancing and stretching in front of an art installation burning at dusk.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190827_171339 - Colorful Mythological Flying Animal Sculpture - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Unidentified art installation. If you know the name of the piece and of the artist, please post a comment or contact me!

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

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DSC01732 - Sister Jezabelle - The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - SantaCon 2009 - Santa Claus Convention (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Sister Jezabelle, from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Photo taken at SantaCon 2009 (Santa Claus Convention) in San Francisco.

For more photos and information about this event, go to my SantaCon photo series.

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DSC04231 - Skateboarder Jumping - Skatepark - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Skateboarder jumping at the Sk8 Kamp Heart Bowl.

For more info about the Sk8 Kamp, go to www.facebook.com/sk8kamp.

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

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DSC05537 - Fish Eats Fish Art Car - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Fish eat fish! This is Playacuda Art Car by Mia Rice-Stone.

For more info about this art car, go to www.flickr.com/photos/playacuda/.

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

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DSC00149 - burning man 2007 - Tesla Coil Electric Arcs and Crude Awakening by Loupiote

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Tesla Coil in action, by Therm(?)

Neela, one of the scupltures of Crude Awakening, by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, Mark Perez, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith and MonkeyBoy - see www.headlesspoint.com/crude_awakening/

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

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DSC09319 - Sangam Map - Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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Map showing the Sangam, at the center of Kumbh Mela.

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.

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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DSC05249 - Spiny Lobster Tattoo - 鯉罐竿 - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Beautiful spiny lobster tattoo on the back of Lee Kuan Chien (鯉罐竿), one of the dancers of the Mazu Crew

Procession of the Mazu crew, an all-Chinese camp with amazing art and a Brazilian drum marching band.

The members of the Mazu camp were all Chinese, mostly from Taiwan, with some coming from Hong Kong and Mainland China (PRC, aka People's Republic of China).

For more photos and info about the Mazu crew, go to the Mazu photo album.

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

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DSC05137 - 順風耳 - Shunfeng Er - Mazu Procession - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Mazu, Goddess of the Empty Sea, is the Chinese patron goddess who protects seafarers, such as fishermen and sailors.

In front of Mazu, "With-the-Wind Ear" (順風耳 Shunfeng Er), one of Goddess Mazu's two guardians generals.

Procession of the Mazu crew, an all-Chinese camp with amazing art and a Brazilian drum marching band.

The members of the Mazu camp were all Chinese, mostly from Taiwan, with some coming from Hong Kong and Mainland China (PRC, aka People's Republic of China).

For more photos and info about the Mazu crew, go to the Mazu photo album.

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

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DSC04771 - Sadhu Sitting Crossed-Legged on the Ghats of Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Baba with ritual Rudraksha beads and white Vibhuti holy ash spread over his skin, sitting crossed-legged on the Ghats of Varanasi (India)

This Sadhu, high on weed (ritual Cannabis) was apparently telling very funny stories and all the Indian people around him were laughing a lot. They called him "funny baba".

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

For more info on Sadhus, go to:

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu

- or this less serious article www.gonomad.com/951-smokin-sadhus-indias-wandering-stoned...

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DSC07820 - Volunteer Firefighter in Fire-protection Suit - Burning Man 2010 by Loupiote

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Firefighter in Fire-protection suit, with safety helmet and respirator.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC01103 - Two Jeepneys (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Jeepneys are a very popular type of public transportation in the Philippines.

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

For more Jeepney photos and info, go to my Jeepney series.

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2479-phsh - building exterior - Abandoned Hospital (Presidio, San Francisco) by Loupiote

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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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IMG_20190827_174458 - Reactor Project - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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The Reactor Project, by Assaf Allouche and his team.

See: www.thereactorproject.com/ and www.facebook.com/pg/thereactorproject/about/

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

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DSC06292 - Deer Cave - Mulu (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.

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DSC02527 - Woman Dancing on Rocket Car - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Sharira is posing on the long black art car.

Rocket Car, built by David Best, based on a 1973 Cadillac.

This classic american car converted by David Best into an outrageously long black rocket car has been at Burning Man for many years, and it has become a fixture. Watch the video of the making of the rocket car,

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

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DSC02442 - Hindu Pilgrims on Crowded Street (India) by Loupiote

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Crowded street on the main bathing day, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

This was Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious morning for taking the holy bath in the Ganges 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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DSC08882 - Sailing Stones moving in Opposite Directions - Racetrack - Death Valley by Loupiote

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Sailing Stones apparently moving in opposite directions - Racetrack dry lake in Death Valley (California)

It is actually likely that each rick moved at different times.

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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DSC02275 - Procession of Naga Babas with Body Covered with Ash - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Procession of Hindu devotees on the main bath day, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Naga Sadhus (naked with their bodies covered with Vibhuti sacred ash) converge toward the Ganges river to take the Holy bath at the Sangam. 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 Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious morning for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.

Also called Naga babas, those naked sadhus are wanderers with no possessions.

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

For more info on Sadhus, go to:

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu

- or this less serious article www.gonomad.com/951-smokin-sadhus-indias-wandering-stoned...

For more info about Naga [naked] Sadhus, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya.

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.

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DSC06818 - Pinnacles National Park (California) - Juniper Canyon Trail by Loupiote

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Juniper Canyon Trail in the Pinnacles National Park (California)

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