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Lights, At The 2018 Burning Man, Decompression Party, At Ngr Potrero Generating Station, San Francisco, California

Powerful Searchlights
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A pair of powerful searchlights circled around, throwing beams of light across the sky over the event.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 19:20:18 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8174
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Blast Of Fire
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A blast of fire lit the night shy.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 19:23:41 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8186
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Lit Smoke
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A blast of fire lit the smoke left over from a previous blast of fire.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 19:23:42 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8188
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Lighting Effects
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Lighting effects covered the main stage. A mixture of led lights, spotlights, and fire.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 19:25:03 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8203
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Reflected Light
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A piece of metal, that was part of a tall metal robot, reflected the light shining on it.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 19:29:11 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8223
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LED Light Show
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Radiating spokes of LED lights under computer control created a light show, under which people could sit or lie down.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 19:51:13 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8234
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Storage Tanks
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Colored flood lights colored two storage tanks behind a chain link fence. One was yellow and green. The other tank was blue and pink.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 19:56:14 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8249
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Hearts
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A sculpture of hearts. Some opaque cutouts, some heart shaped holes. The entire sculpture awash in red light.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 20:02:23 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8264
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Rabbit Ears
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Two powerful searchlight beams created a shape reminiscent of old time TV rabbit ears. A projector created shapes on the smoke stack behind the searchlight beams.


Lights external link   •  At The 2018 Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  The Ngr Potrero Generating Station external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 20:12:33 Saturday 20 October 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 7 December 2018)   •  © 2018 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_8270
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