Burning Man

Every year, tens of thousands of people descend upon an unforgiving windswept playa in northwestern Nevada to build a city. Within months, the city is gone. Burning Man is named for the wooden effigy set ablaze at the end of the weeklong celebration in the temporary metropolis of Black Rock City. It all happens on an ancient alkali flat nestled between mountain ranges that fills with runoff after snowy winters. Band 7 of Landsat 8’s Operational Land Imager is sensitive to moisture in and above the soil.