Burning Man draws 50,000 quirky spirits to the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada.
The dusty landscape and eccentric participants make the seven-day festival look like the circus landed in Tatooine. Launched in 1986, the annual event welcomes attendees to construct a temporary community using art and "radical self-expression."
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Burning Man 2013 wrapped up Monday, but before you tuck away the unicycle and tutu, take a look back at the most unreal Instagram images from this year's fête.