Flooded Burning Man from Space
Satellite photos released in September revealed the accumulation of water in the Black Rock desert as the result of freak rain showers, showcasing the challenging conditions that marred this year’s Burning Man festival. Two images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite depicted the region before (below image) and after the rainfall (above). The photograph from September 4 captures the gathered rainwater, showing the soaked terrain, rainwater, and lakes, all tinted in varying shades of blue. The image below was captured on August 26, before the rains came through.
