Burning Man kicks off today in the Nevada desert and Reno-Tahoe International Airport has been welcoming attendees – called Burners – from around the world with this 8-foot tall “mini-man” that mimics the much larger sculpture that gets burned at the end of the festival.

Here’s a link to my piece about RNO’s Burning Man activities posted today on USA TODAY’s Today in the Sky section, where I’m doing a two-week fill-in stint

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