Everything is Burning, Man! Massive wooden art installations and buildings at festival in the middle of the desert go up in flames as party heads into its last days
One of the world's most famous parties is going up in flames.
The thousands of people who camped out in the middle of the Nevada desert for the annual Burning Man festival have started to bring the wild week to a close by setting fire to the huge wooden sculptures and installations created for the event.
Amazing photographs show some of the incredible artwork, including the pyramids called the Catacomb of Veils, being engulfed in flames. Huge plumes of thick, black smoke rose into the sky once the fires were set on Friday afternoon.
Pictures taken later in the night showed some of the 70,000 party-goers stood around smaller exhibits as they burned to the ground, while some brave attendees appeared ride bikes around the edge of the flames.
One couple seemed unable to keep their cool amid the rapidly rising temperature, leaning in for a kiss in front of the flames. Others were seen throughout the day on Friday making the most of the time left for this year's party, climbing through and dancing inside the installations yet to be torched.
More than 70,000 have made the voyage to Black Rock City in the middle of the Nevada desert for the mind-bending festival, which runs from August 28 to September 5 this year.
Incredible aerials shots taken earlier in the week showed the horde of people sprawling out across the desert, with RVs, cars, tents and other forms of shelter littering the landscape.
This year's celebrity visitors include Katy Perry, 31, socialite Paris Hilton, 35, and British actress and model Cara Delevingne, 24, joining the growing ranks of stars who have made the trek to the festival.
On Saturday, the centerpiece of the giant desert party - the enormous sculpture of a man - will be set alight as the revelers dance beneath it. The event, which this year has the theme 'da Vinci's workshop', is described as an 'annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance'.
The Catacomb of Veils is burned as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gather for the 30th annual Burning Man festival
A man is stood in front of one of Burning Man's installations for 2016 as it burns to the ground in the Nevada desert
A couple kisses as an art installation burns at the massive festival in Black Rock City
A man who appears to be a firefighters walks across the front of the burning remains of one of the wooden exhibits
People gather around and watch as one of the installations created as part of the festivals burns
A couple watches as an art installation burns at the festival in the Black Rock Desert near Reno, Nevada
Dozens of people pack onto a party bus in the middle of the desert as the sun sets on Friday night near Reno, Nevada
One of the 70,000 people at Burning Man gets in the swing of things by taking a ride on a zip line at the festival on Friday morning
Black Rock City - the temporary home to all those who make the trek out to the desert for the festival - is seen on Friday
Burning Man is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Party-goers are seen in front of the famous effigy that will be set alight on Saturday
Vita Kamliuk of Russia poses for a photo during Burning Man at the Black Rock Desert north of Reno
Katy Perry was one of the many celebrities who made the trek to the week-long festival in the middle of the Nevada desert
A mutant vehicle is seen on the Playa in Black Rock City carrying some party-goers on one of the final days of Burning Man
A man rides a wooden bike along the sand in the desert at the Burning Man festival in the middle of the Nevada desert
Two party-goers soak up some of the final hours of fun at Burning Man by hula-hooping in the sand
A party-goer, who went by the name Lulu for the week, falls into a foam pit at the Burning Man festival
Participants climb an art installation as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gather for the 30th annual event
An aerial image taken above the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada, shows an estimated 70,000 people
Attendees approach the Catacomb of Veils art installation as dust kicks up at Burning Man festival in the middle of the desert on Wednesday
People swing on an art installation during Burning Man at the Black Rock Desert north of Reno on Thursday, September 1
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