The Burning Man festival has come to its traditional fiery end. Revellers watched as the wooden sculpture that dominates the site – and gives the festival its name – went up in flames on Saturday night (5 September). The following night saw the burning of the Temple of Promise, a structure containing festivalgoers' handwritten messages and wishes. Reuters photographer Jim Urquhart was one of the nearly 70,000 people who spent the week in the desert, living in an enormous semi-circular encampment known as Black Rock City.
Radiant Fire and Sonya Sophia walk across the Playa as dawn breaksJim Urquhart/ReutersNadina wears a feathered headdress during Burning Man 2015Jim Urquhart/ReutersLelah Vaga shows off her illuminated wingsJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople walk past dust-covered homes in Black Rock CityJim Urquhart/ReutersMatt Steele and Soroya Rowley read the poem on the Blunderwood Portable art installationJim Urquhart/ReutersSarah Tang wears a unicorn headpiece as she dances during Burning ManJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople wearing illuminated suits chat during Burning Man 2015Jim Urquhart/ReutersPeople sit on a Star Wars-themed mutant vehicleJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople play Fire TetrisJim Urquhart/ReutersLea touches an art installation called Penny the GooseJim Urquhart/ReutersA close-up look at Penny the Goose, covered in more than 120,000 penniesJim Urquhart/ReutersRasmus Foyer dances at sunriseJim Urquhart/ReutersTwo people cycle around the Got Framed art installationJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople pose for photos on the Got Framed installationJim Urquhart/ReutersDust blows around the Prairie Wind ChapelJim Urquhart/ReutersMark Goldfogel plays the organ in the Prairie Wind ChapelJim Urquhart/ReutersA mutant vehicle makes its way across the PlayaJim Urquhart/ReutersAn art installation burns during Burning Man 2015Jim Urquhart/ReutersMutant vehicles are driven across the PlayaJim Urquhart/ReutersAmanda McPhail, Erika Minaberry, Thomas Young and Dennis Somerhalder make their way across the Playa in a modified golf cartJim Urquhart/ReutersRevellers begin to gather to watch the Man being burnedJim Urquhart/ReutersFireworks are launched as the Man begins to burnJim Urquhart/ReutersThe Man goes up in flamesJim Urquhart/ReutersThousands watch as the Man is burned during the Burning Man 2015 festival in the Black Rock DesertJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople watch the Man burn from an elevated positionJim Urquhart/ReutersHannah Neil and Austin Bennett embrace as they watch the Man burnJim Urquhart/ReutersChandra Jessee rides a wooden horse as the Man burnsJim Urquhart/ReutersThe giant Man sculpture is engulfed in flamesJim Urquhart/ReutersAshley and Patience cook bacon for breakfast on the smouldering remains of the ManJim Urquhart/ReutersKenyon Acton takes a photo of Ian Bennett posing on an art installationJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople gather at the Temple of Promise before sunriseJim Urquhart/ReutersAndreas Gyr writes a message at the Temple of Promise before sunriseJim Urquhart/ReutersDavid McFate and Dixie Johnson wait for the Temple of Promise to burnJim Urquhart/ReutersThe Temple of Promise burns down at the end of the Burning Man 2015 festival in the Black Rock DesertJim Urquhart/ReutersKT Cubb kneels at the burning remains of the Temple of PromiseJim Urquhart/ReutersSwig Miller is covered in dust during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock DesertJim Urquhart/ReutersAnna Kallett packs her car before departing during Burning Man 2015Jim Urquhart/Reuters
