Burning at Burning Man ‘Til Dawn and Beyond

The Far Corner of the World Black Rock City is laid out on a circular grid.  Position along the circle is measured clock-like rather than compass-like, with camps and art beginning at about 2:30 and ending at about 9:30.  The vast majority of the circle is empty Playa.  That’s where The Man burns and where art installations come and go.  Where the Playa meets camping, that’s the Esplanade.  All along the Esplanade, there are dance venues, bars, and clubs.

Over in the farthest corner of world at BRC, at 2:30, was scaffolding, propane tanks, stacked speakers, projectors and projection screens, and stages, all of which became at night The Opulent Temple. The Paddy Mirage Sunrise at the Hookadome Nexus in the Morning Head further into the camping area, and you get to the named streets, in alphabetical order.  As more and more people participate, more streets with higher letter names are added.

Dan Seligson

Dan Seligson is a physicist, entrepreneur and angel investor living in Palo Alto, CA. After a long career in manufacturing at Intel, he has invested in a couple dozen early stage companies in healthcare, IT and financial service. In 2008, he got operational in GlobalMotion Media, a hot company delivering travel guides over mobile phones. In 2010 he founded Genormx, Inc., a DNA sequencing technology company. Dan is on the Boards of The Summer Science Program, Palo Alto Partners in Education, and the Block Island Club. He has carried his life long interest in photography to Lake Baikal, Bhutan, the top of Mt McKinley and elsewhere. When possible, he goes by bicycle. Most importantly, he is father of three kids barely in double digits.