Burning Man 2007 Explosion

http://aquaburn.com clip by Bill Breithaupt
This is Nate Smith's fireball finale of the Burning Man art installation Crude Awakening.
In 2000 Breithaupt started screening his films at Flambé Lounge, a pre-Burning Man party held in San Francisco. At Club Cocomo he gave the video jockey a copy of Playa Project, which was promptly played on the screens in the club. It was a hit with the crowd, hailed as hip, new, and exciting. The next year at Flambé Lounge they showcased his film, Got Fire? from Burning Man 2000. It was through this event that he met Andie Grace, Burning Man Org Communications Manager, with whom he shared his idea of a Burning Man Film Festival to showcase the many Burning Man films suddenly springing up.
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[AdrainEtain]

that was amazing when it blew it up. my mother and i were all the way out to the g or f street when it went off. it let lit up even back there. just amazing.

[mistersteak]

Ahhhhh, the memories. The energy from this installation is stuck with me. What a moment in time. Thanks for sharing, again.

[MutinyInJonestown]

Definitely a highlight of my 2007 BM.

[klekten]

And to think, they only blew about 1/2 the fuel they had planned to... God, we would have been fried... the rest was released in the "screaming blue flame" inside the derrick a little while after the explosion. Superreal... and incredible.

[Cormacpara]

seriously thought we were going to all fry! that was sooo much fun!

[blandzai]

Agreeed. I enhanced my tan by two fold!

[kmgiorgio]

Hope my eyebrows grow back soon. That was the most incredible thing I've ever witnessed.