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The Cauldron

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Burning Man -- nighttime

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Kiki explains how it works
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19k		 Everyone starts to touch the flames
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13k		 One of my all-time favorite firefall photos!
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Folks gathered around
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88k		 Another nice pic of folks gathered around
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Kiki lights the inner bubble
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69k		 These giant people warmed their hands at the firefall!
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Burning Man -- daytime
The water truck delivers water!
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140k		 Kiki primes (?) pump (why is suction hose unhooked then?)
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121k		 Kiki and Loren discuss leveling the top bowl
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147k		 Kiki changes filter while costumed onlookers watch (Time Tunnel behind)
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Here's the famous purple feather.
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208k		 The proud artist now had water!
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The proud mama smiles
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Bay Area -- nighttime
Kiki poses for a photo
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40k		 Everyone gathered around
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59k		 Catch some flames!
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Firefall -- flash photo
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31k		 Rachel's el-wire jacket
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Keith gets flames on his hand
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24k		 Keith trying to show his flames
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34k		 People playing
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Jen playing in the flames
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39k		 Steve plays
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37k		 Playing gleefully
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39k		 Keith part 5
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Kiki and Scott light the firefall
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115k		 Kiki tries to keep the Firefall lit
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Kiki photographs Bob holding flames
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Bob holds flames
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113k		 Awesome photo of Bob!
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60k		 Bob holds flames -- closeup
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35k		 Bob holds flames -- side, nice!
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Kiki and her baby :)
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143k		 warming by the fire
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123k		 playing while Debbie looks on
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holding flames
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82k		 holding flames
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107k		 holding blue flames
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122k		 holding flames
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Kiki and her firefall
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Cotton_Candy_eyes_closed.jpg
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holding_some_flames1.jpg
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Bay Area -- daytime
Kiki trying to get the big hose to squirt
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137k		 Just a lovely image, while the lilies are in bloom
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95k		 Kiki sprays out the bottom bowl
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143k		 We unloaded, but never set it back up...
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Kids!

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elbow_deep.jpg
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touching_flames1.jpg
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Movies

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Blue flames go over the edge -- this is *not* running backwards!
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832k		 flames spill across the surface
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Another movie of the Water Sprite!
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193k		 The little ''water sprite'' that ''lives'' in the inner bubble!
water_sprite.avi
305k		 Weak one -- stopped too soon, but you can see the water pushing out
flameball5.avi
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See the lilypads in action -- fuel just turned off
lightning.avi
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I was playing with exposures here
flame_devil.avi
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''Arty'' photos

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Lake of Fire
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52k		 The Birth of a Star
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43k		 Better scans, new pics!
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116k		 One of my all-time favorite pictures!
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114k		 Inside the inner bubble
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Tornados are very difficult to capture!
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awesome tornado picture!
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121k		 Kiki make a flame tornado -- Greg calls it a ''tower''
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Seven Sisters
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16k		 Flames shut down -- looks like lilypads!
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7k		 water sprites in the inner bubble dance
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I think these look like lilypads!
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54k		 More of those lovely lilypads!
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Construction

Building the Cauldron


Large version
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36k		 Touching the flames
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17k		 Trying to smooth the water
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Cat included for size comparison :)
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26k		 Holes drilled waiting for bulkheads to be attached
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25k		 Scott playing instead of taking pictures
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30k		 These were the first-ever flames in the Cauldron!
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Ceramic Thing

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Kiki holding small flames
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104k		 Kiki's hands enveloped in flames!
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No, this was not my hand :)
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Here's the Ceramic Thing on
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47k		 Here it is off in the daytime
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73k		 Here's a closeup of the head while off
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Misc. tests

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Kiki watches in excitement as her test works!
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63k		 Closeup of the flames
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