"Hundreds of art cars were circling the Man, shining in the dark," writes Caveat Magister on the Voices of Burning Man blog. "A thousand more bicycles were parked outside of his perimeter, covered in glow-wire." They have arrived. The are home.

Sure, words can try to express the beauty of "the Man" — but pictures are the only thing that even come close to doing it justice. Here, a few first shots:

This is just a single grain of sand in the desert when it comes to images of burning man, but that's it so far. Apparently cell service is not so good, which is going to make Instagramming hard. Don't worry, your friends will give you a full slideshow later — they promise.

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