A Burning Man participant hits a fire ball during a fire baseball game on the playa at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Burning Man is an annual event which starts on the Monday before, and ends on the day of, the American Labor Day holiday. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. [Agencies]