Burning Man officially begins - here's the first photos from the playa

Aly Weisman

Aug 31, 2015, 21:17 IST

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The week-long Burning Man festival officially began Sunday.

While most festival-goers are currently in traffic en route to the "playa," as the desert land is called, some are already there and live-tweeting:

Cell reception on the playa this year?! Now I can livetweet Bman which I know is what everyone (no one) asked for! pic.twitter.com/qNdFRIGZ63
- Nellie Bowles (@NellieBowles) August 30, 2015

Current status: everyone on this burner bus has camelbacks full of booze. Outside is a dust storm and it's coming in. I'm wearing a mask
- Nellie Bowles (@NellieBowles) August 30, 2015

Burning Man: The "before" picture.Today at Black Rock City in between dust storms. pic.twitter.com/2JpHMtYI7O
- Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) August 29, 2015

Black Rock City, Burning Man 2015. pic.twitter.com/DXZft1BZPD
- Noel Cornell (@noelc) August 30, 2015

Morning hugs at #burningman2015. One of the best parts of waking up in community. pic.twitter.com/9ibwYQ6PER
- Alexis Neely (@AlexisNeely) August 30, 2015

The bugs are gone from #BurningMan. This moth is the first non-human I've seen in nearly 48 hours. pic.twitter.com/5F3OCsLhGv
- Trevor Hughes (@TrevorHughes) August 30, 2015

Here's the latest on Instagram: