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2017 Burning Man Decompression Party Pier 70, San Francisco, California
A decompression party, decom or decomp is a local reunion for Burning Man participants to help ease themselves back into everyday society after the "big event". It is not uncommon for Burning Man participants to experience "post-burn blues", and decompression events can help alleviate the feelings of loneliness and separation that can occur. The events provide an opportunity to participants to share feelings, art, performances and memories. As awareness of Burning Man has spread around the world, Decompression events have evolved to welcome newcomers to Burner culture. [from wikipedia]
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Art, At The 2017 Burning Man, Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.[from wikipedia]

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Art Cars, At The 2017 Burning Man, Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

An art car is a vehicle that has had its appearance modified as an act of personal artistic expression. Art cars are often driven and owned by their creators, who are sometimes referred to as, "Cartists."[from wikipedia]

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Food, At The 2017 Burning Man, Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

A food booth (also food stand, temporary food service facility) is generally a temporary structure used to prepare and sell food to the general public, usually where large groups of people are situated outdoors in a park, at a parade, near a stadium or otherwise. Sometimes the term also refers to the business operations and vendors that operate from such booths.[from wikipedia]

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The Fair Generally, 2017 Burning Man Decompression, Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

The decompression parties are sometimes reminiscent of early Burning Man festivals due to their informality and smaller size. They are a related phenomenon to the dead dog parties common at the end of science fiction conventions.[from wikipedia]

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Hats, At The 2017 Burning Man, Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory.[from wikipedia]

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Light, At The 2017 Burning Man, Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

The primary properties of visible light are intensity, propagation direction, frequency or wavelength spectrum, and polarization, while its speed in a vacuum, 299,792,458 meters per second, is one of the fundamental constants of nature. Visible light, as with all types of electromagnetic radiation (EMR), is experimentally found to always move at this speed in a vacuum.[from wikipedia]

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Music, 2017 Burning Man Decompression, Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. The common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the "color" of a musical sound). Different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements.[from wikipedia]

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People, At The 2017 Burning Man Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as is the case with an ethnic group or nation. Collectively, for example, the contemporary Frisians and Danes are two related Germanic peoples, while various Middle Eastern ethnic groups are often linguistically categorized as Semitic peoples.[from wikipedia]

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Signs, At The 2017 Burning Man, Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

The main purpose of signs is to communicate, to convey information designed to assist the receiver with decision-making based on the information provided. Alternatively, promotional signage may be designed to persuade receivers of the merits of a given product or service.[from wikipedia]

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The Building, At 2017 Burning Man Decompression Party, Pier 70, San Francisco, California

A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities, towns and villages.[from wikipedia]


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