Burning Man’s Muddy Aftermath: A Desert Full of ‘Moop’
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 7, 2023
After days of rain and mud, blocked exits and postponed parties, the last of Burning Man’s crowds trudged out of the Nevada desert on Wednesday morning. The “moop” remained.
That is Burning Man argot for rubbish, short for “matter out of place”: a galaxy of jetsam scattered across the muddy alkali flats, after torrential rains temporarily stranded tens of thousands of people at the annual revelry of art and music.
Orphaned tents lay caked in dried muck. Toilet paper and carpets were . . .
