Rumor has it that an air photo company took super-high-resolution aerial photos of the area.

I don't know if they will make that public, or use it for some insideous money-making entreprise....

It could be that you didn't wait long enough for it to load. The file is interlaced, so it will start out blocky and get better and better as it fills in. It is a big big file. It should be exactly the same quality as last years picture, which I posted at the head of this thread. It wasn't free, but...

The source image is much larger, and I of coure, didn't color balance it well, so I'll probably post some sort of an update, but here's the camp itself. Leave me comments in Flickr (or here). Cheers! (click on the photo to see it in flickr, and don't forget to look at it in original size!) http://st...

Guess what I've got...... ;-) It will take a small amount of time to process, but it looks like a clean shot.

The Date & Time for this years IKONOS satellite image of Black Rock City has been set, the best available date is: Thursday, 31-Aug-2006 11:48am (18:48:58 GMT) If you want to do something simple, you can draw in the desert using 10' wide black tarps held down with yard staples, or look at the Projec...

OK. We have flyover dates.

31-Aug-2006 18:48:58 GMT (Thurs)
03-Sep-2006 18:57:48 GMT (Sun)

I'm going to go with Thursday the 31st since getting a shot without the man just wouldn't be right.

Nope, never made such claim. I don't know when the Ikonos sat will be available. I'll check in on it this week. Worst case is, it comes every 3 days, so, you know, figure out what the worst case is. Also, since it's a bit ahead of the event, I'm not sure if they will even know the orbit 3 months fro...

So here is a link full size .jpg of last years image (cropped a bit of course). http://static.flickr.com/25/55083981_e431957ca1_m.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatecrasher/55083981/ Each pixel is 1m x 1m. I was thinking, and this may have already been brought up, but if you don't worry about the ...

Hey all. It's me, the satellite guy. Check out my post in the other forum. http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=11836&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=390 A couple things on logistics re: satellite. There is no gaurantee that either satellite will take a good collection. Plan for both of them ...

Hey guys. Me again, the satellite guy. I took the picture last year and am an industry insider. I'm pretty sure I can get the same IKONOS instrument again this year at no cost to y'all. I'll keep you up to date. I know DigitalGlobe has higher resolution, and if you want to follow that route as well,...

So now that the cats out of the bag, I can let y'all know that I'm the one that took that picture. Not bad for a first year burner. I'm in 'the biz', so it was easy, I can't believe no one took a picture during the event before.... Also (side note) If ANYONE knows of other cool events anywhere in th...

I personally added Black Rock City to Yahoo! Maps as my gift to burners so they can plan their mileage. It indeed does not show up anywhere else. ;-)

I've also got another easter egg planned, but I can't share yet.

I for one am completed stoked that the Intelligent Design program, as determined by the http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/Welcome.html is just a big Burning Man misinformation hoax. (Note the icon.)

Damn you guys, your clever pranksterism is far reaching.



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Go to yahoo maps and enter 'black rock city, nv' for the destination to get a driving distance.

Hey all. I added Black Rock City, NV to Yahoo! Maps, this should take you to the entrance. I know the directions on burningman.com are fine, but if anyone wants to see their distance and time-to-drive, I figured I could help out.

Driving Directions to Black Rock City, NV